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HMS Thule (P325)

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s torpedoes exploded prematurely and the submarine escaped unharmed. She went on to sink a further five sailing vessels and three coasters, as well as laying a number of
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in a twelve-day period between 17 December 1944 to 29 December 1944. She also attacked a submarine, probably the
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served in the Far East for much of her wartime career, where she sank thirteen junks, two lighters and five
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was broken, one of her periscopes was bent and her casing was damaged. The submarine was scrapped at
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at Devonport Dockyard, and launched on 22 October 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the
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4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
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She survived the war and continued in service with the Navy. In May 1951,
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Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day
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Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) each
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Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) each
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15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced
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Index


Devonport Dockyard
Pennant number

T-class
submarine
tons
21 inch (533 mm)
QF 4-inch
submarine
T class
Royal Navy
Thule
sampans
Strait of Malacca
Ro-113
mines
Royal Canadian Navy
Portland Bill
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Black Ranger
snort
Thos. W. Ward
Inverkeithing
Alastair Mars
Critchley 1981
"Submarine Thule involved in collision off Portland"
Navy News
HMS Thule
Colledge, J. J.

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