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HMS Tapir (P335)

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The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1943, and launched on 21 August 1944. Commissioned into the Royal Navy on 30 December of that year, she led a distinguished career for such a late entry into the war, torpedoing the
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On 18 June 1948, she was deemed surplus to requirements, and was loaned to the Netherlands for a period of five years, being commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy as
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trip on the way back. She was transferred back to the Royal Navy on 15 July 1953, finally being re-commissioned and renamed
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in 1949. Gravity measurements were taken during the trip (the first Dutch ones following the war) and the
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4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
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Together with 306:15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced 1: 537:on 16 December of that year. 1372:Zwaardvisch-class submarines 370:3 anti aircraft machine guns 610:Hutchinson, Robert (2001). 327:300 ft (91 m) max 309:9 knots (20 km/h) submerged 16:Submarine of the Royal Navy 1393: 486: 345:6 internal forward-facing 1321: 1298: 390:British T-class submarine 227: 38: 23: 589:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 441:, to the north-west of 228:General characteristics 1230:Royal Netherlands Navy 502: 135: 120:Royal Netherlands Navy 578:, dutchsubmarines.com 497: 134: 519:HNLMS Van Kinsbergen 245:1,560 tons submerged 460: /  118:Transferred to the 680:T-class submarines 548:in December 1966. 503: 476:on 12 April 1945. 365:QF 4 inch (100 mm) 361:6 reload torpedoes 136: 1339: 1338: 1240: 1157: 1156: 633:978-0-00-710558-8 602:978-1-86176-281-8 576:HNLMS Zeehond (2) 529:conducted a long 404:to bear the name 398:Barrow-in-Furness 394:Vickers-Armstrong 376: 375: 81:Vickers Armstrong 1384: 1233: 1228: 1226: 1225: 1169: 1167: 1166: 701: 694: 692: 691: 673: 666: 659: 650: 645: 617: 606: 579: 573: 567: 561: 544:was scrapped at 475: 474: 472: 471: 470: 465: 464:60.733°N 4.650°E 461: 458: 457: 456: 453: 387:Second World War 347:21 inch (533 mm) 223:Scrapped in 1966 215:16 December 1953 196: 193: 192: 191: 178:Returned to the 150: 147: 146: 145: 110:30 December 1944 53: 50: 49: 48: 28: 21: 1392: 1391: 1387: 1386: 1385: 1383: 1382: 1381: 1342: 1341: 1340: 1335: 1317: 1294: 1232: 1223: 1221: 1216: 1164: 1162: 1153: 1112: 882: 822: 689: 687: 682: 677: 634: 609: 603: 587:Colledge, J. 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Vickers Armstrong
Barrow
Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Navy
tons
21 inch (533 mm)
QF 4 inch (100 mm)
Second World War
British T-class submarine
Vickers-Armstrong
Barrow-in-Furness
Royal Navy
animal
German
U-486
North Sea
Bergen, Norway
60°44′N 04°39′E / 60.733°N 4.650°E / 60.733; 4.650
HNLMS Zeehond

Curaçao
snorkel
Faslane
HMS Tapir
HNLMS Zeehond (2)
Colledge, J. J.
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