H.M.S. Truculent
P.315
1942
(Neptun 1170)
- Class: T class, third group - 31 submarines of 1940-42
- Displacement: 1,090 tons surfaced; 1,575 tons submerged
- Dimensions: 273 x 26.5 x 16 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft , Vickers diesels / Laurence Scott electric motors, 2,500hp/1,450hp = 15/9 knots
- Armament: 1-4in, 1-20mm A.A. guns; 11-21in T.T. (6 bow internal, 2 bow external, 2 admidships external angled aft, 1 aft external + 6 reloads)
- Complement: 61
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow
- Laid Down: 4 Dec 1941
- Launched: 12 Sep 1942
- Completed: 31 Dec 1942
- Notes: Sank German submarine U308 on 4 Jun 1943. Towed the midget submarine X6 to Norway as part of the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz, Sep 1943. Lost postwar in a collision in the Thames estuary, 12 Jan 1950.
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