HMS Taciturn
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HMS Taciturn was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched on 7 June 1944. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Taciturn.
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Name | HMS Taciturn |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow |
Laid down | 9 March 1943 |
Launched | 7 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 8 October 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number P334 |
Fate | Scrapped August 1971 |
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Class and type | British T class submarine |
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Length | 276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
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Range | 4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) max |
Complement | 61 |
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