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HMS Turpin (P354)

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was inside the arctic circle on an ELINT mission, listening for specific frequency bands of Soviet radars. Suddenly, the ELINT specialist noted an unusual signal that was from a very short range radar. The operator registered that they were about to be rammed by a Soviet Navy surface vessel, and a
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At the end of the war, all surviving Group 1 and Group 2 boats were scrapped, but the group 3 boats (which were of welded rather than riveted construction) were retained and fitted with
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on 5 August 1944 and completed on 18 December 1944 (although she had already been commissioned on 1 October that year).
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submerged below a cold water line which allowed them to evade Soviet sonar and escape.
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4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
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was a Group 3 T-class submarine, of all-welded construction.
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London: Chatham Publishing. 8: 1400:British T-class submarines of the Royal Navy 330:(pennant number P354) was one a group three 240:Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each 1379:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy 537:"Turpin Returns: Transfers to Israeli Navy" 237:Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each 748: 719: 705: 697: 219:12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward 1420:Cold War submarines of the United Kingdom 579:, (London: Harper Collins, 2010), p. 171. 545:. No. 126. December 1964. p. 1 523: 493: 477:She was eventually scrapped in 1978. A 298:2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes 222:14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft 20: 132: 43: 7: 1374:List of submarines of the Royal Navy 563: 474:into the Israeli Sea Corps in 1967. 304:1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes 201:276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) 622:British Warships Since 1945: Part 2 350:in 1965 and commissioned into the 209:25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) 14: 1270: 1211: 736: 624:. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. 587:Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1962). 441:, after a biblical sea monster. 134: 45: 24: 452:The submarine was purchased by 252:15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced 1: 589:Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63 421:crash dive was ordered. The 316:3 anti aircraft machine guns 658:Hutchinson, Robert (2001). 273:300 ft (91 m) max 255:9 knots (20 km/h) submerged 16:Submarine of the Royal Navy 1441: 291:6 internal forward-facing 1369: 1346: 173: 38: 23: 620:Critchley, Mike (1982). 599:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 479:Dolphin class submarine 174:General characteristics 1405:Ships built in Chatham 1278:Royal Netherlands Navy 639:Kemp, Paul J. (1990). 401: 127: 501:Helgason, Guðmundur. 435:in 1965, and renamed 399: 126: 503:"HMS Turpin (P 354)" 380:on 24 May 1943, was 191:1,560 tons submerged 346:. She was sold to 728:T-class submarines 402: 332:T-class submarines 311:QF 4 inch (100 mm) 307:6 reload torpedoes 128: 1387: 1386: 1288: 1205: 1204: 681:978-0-00-710558-8 612:978-1-86176-281-8 575:Richard Aldrich, 352:Israeli Sea Corps 322: 321: 1432: 1281: 1276: 1274: 1273: 1217: 1215: 1214: 749: 742: 740: 739: 721: 714: 707: 698: 693: 665: 654: 635: 616: 592: 580: 573: 567: 566:, pp. 20–21 561: 555: 554: 552: 550: 533: 527: 521: 515: 514: 512: 510: 498: 431:was sold to the 378:Chatham Dockyard 293:21 inch (533 mm) 142: 139: 138: 137: 98:18 December 1944 73:Chatham Dockyard 53: 50: 49: 48: 28: 21: 1440: 1439: 1435: 1434: 1433: 1431: 1430: 1429: 1390: 1389: 1388: 1383: 1365: 1342: 1280: 1271: 1269: 1264: 1212: 1210: 1201: 1160: 930: 870: 737: 735: 730: 725: 682: 657: 651: 638: 632: 619: 613: 597:Colledge, J. 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Chatham Dockyard
Israeli Navy

tons
21 inch (533 mm)
QF 4 inch (100 mm)
T-class submarines
Royal Navy
World War II
Israel
Israeli Sea Corps
laid down
Chatham Dockyard
launched

snort masts
Israeli Navy
Leviathan
Israel
HMS Truncheon
HMS Totem
commissioned
Dolphin class submarine
"HMS Turpin (P 354)"
Blackman 1962
"Turpin Returns: Transfers to Israeli Navy"
Navy News
Kemp 1990
Colledge, J. J.

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