HMS Tabard (P342)
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HMS Tabard was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built by Scotts, Greenock, and launched on 21 November 1945. So far she has been the only boat of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tabard, after the item of clothing. Having been launched after the war, she was selected, along with a number of boats of her class, to try out new streamlining techniques based on the German Type XXIII submarine. In May 1963, she was involved in a collision with HMAS Queenborough, and on 10 February 1964 she underwent exercises with HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager in the hours before their collision. When she returned to the UK, she became the static training submarine at the shore establishment HMS Dolphin, until 1974 when she was sold and broken up.
HMS Tabard, prior to modifications in 1950 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Tabard |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
Laid down | 6 September 1944 |
Launched | 21 November 1945 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: P342 |
Motto | My cloak the sea |
Fate | Sold January 1974, scrapped March 1974 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | T-class submarine (Group III) |
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Length | 273 ft (83 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
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Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced |
Test depth | 350 ft (110 m) max |
Complement | 63 |
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