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HNLMS Zwaardvisch (P322)

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the following month for repairs. Once these were complete, she returned to the Java Sea under the command of Lieutenant Jan van Dapperen, where she made further attacks on Japanese merchantmen throughout April and May before returning to Fremantle to repair faulty communications and weapons systems.
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was 276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) long, had a beam of 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) and a draught of 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward and 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft. She displaced 1,290
431:(8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced, and could submerge 300 ft (91 m). She had a complement of 61 personnel and was armed with six internal forward-facing 474: 392:. It served mainly in the Pacific against the Japanese during the war, operating under both British and US operational command in Ceylon and Australia. In 1950, the vessel was renamed 1626: 537:
until February 1944. Throughout late February and into March, the submarine undertook patrols into the Atlantic and then off the coast of Norway. Later, she attempted to find the
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torpedo tubes, two external forward-facing torpedo tubes, two external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes, one external rear-facing torpedo tubes, six reload torpedoes, a single
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with a spread of six torpedoes, hitting the U-168 twice, one torpedo detonating in the U-168's forward torpedo room. The submarine had been on a patrol around
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Following the surrender of Germany in early May, the submarine returned to Britain to undertake further repairs in Dundee before transferring to
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when she received directions via radio to establish an ambush off Surabaya, where she subsequently torpedoed and sank
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The final months of the war were spent in the South China Sea attacking Japanese merchantmen, and patrolling 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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on 23 March 1943, and commissioned into service on 23 November 1943. She was renamed
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was attacked and damaged by a Japanese aircraft and had to return to
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in 1947, she had a relatively quiet postwar career, being renamed
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and two Malaysian sailing vessels, mainly with her deck gun.
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surfaced and 1,560 tons submerged. Powered by twin 2,500
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the following month and began sea trials based out of
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into the Royal Navy, instead being transferred to the
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Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) each
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15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced
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Under the command of Lieutenant Hendrikus Goossens,
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The submarine was originally ordered as 245:12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward 660:on 11 December 1962, and was sold to be 16:For other ships with the same name, see 677: 248:14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft 28: 772: 568:, and conducted a patrol through the 119: 52: 7: 1591:List of submarines of the Royal Navy 327:1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes 227:276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) 235:25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) 14: 1617:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 1487: 1428: 953: 490:on 13 October 1942 and built by 121: 54: 32: 175:Sold for scrapping 12 July 1963 462:is prepared for launch at the 1: 741:"Dutch Submarines: Zwaardvis" 1632:Zwaardvisch-class submarines 585:Fremantle, Western Australia 339:3 anti aircraft machine guns 856:Hutchinson, Robert (2001). 664:for scrap on 12 July 1963. 648:Apart from a voyage to the 556:were received. Arriving in 299:300 ft (91 m) max 42:during her post-war service 1653: 317:6 internal forward-facing 15: 1586: 1563: 372:, which was based on the 179: 47: 31: 606:Japanese minelayer  599:Japanese minelayer  560:, Ceylon, in July 1944, 442:and three anti-aircraft 835:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 810:Royal Australian Navy. 604:. She also damaged the 539:German battleship  502:on 17 July 1943 as HMS 180:General characteristics 1495:Royal Netherlands Navy 512:Royal Netherlands Navy 483: 471: 403:Design and description 360:Royal Netherlands Navy 113:Royal Netherlands Navy 22:HNLMS Zwaardvis (S806) 477: 464:Vickers Armstrong Ltd 457: 895:Hurst, Doug (2001). 686:"T class Submarines" 632:. In February 1945, 544:before returning to 217:1,560 tons submerged 745:dutchsubmarines.com 470:England, July 1943. 450:Operational history 111:Transferred to the 945:T-class submarines 786:"HNMS Zwaardvisch" 486:The submarine was 484: 482:manoeuvring at sea 472: 437:QF 4 inch (100 mm) 334:QF 4 inch (100 mm) 330:6 reload torpedoes 1604: 1603: 1505: 1422: 1421: 879:978-0-00-710558-8 848:978-1-86176-281-8 656:in 1950. She was 650:Dutch West Indies 570:Strait of Malacca 492:Vickers Armstrong 468:Barrow-in-Furness 386:Vickers Armstrong 345: 344: 82:Vickers Armstrong 1644: 1498: 1493: 1491: 1490: 1434: 1432: 1431: 966: 959: 957: 956: 938: 931: 924: 915: 910: 891: 863: 852: 820: 819: 807: 801: 800: 798: 796: 782: 776: 770: 761: 760: 758: 756: 747:. 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HMS Talent
HNLMS Zwaardvis (S806)

Vickers Armstrong
Barrow
Royal Netherlands Navy
T-class
Zwaardvisch-class
submarine
tons
21 inch (533 mm)
QF 4 inch (100 mm)
lead ship
Royal Netherlands Navy
Zwaardvisch-class
submarine
British T class
Vickers Armstrong
Barrow
tons
horsepower
diesel engines
knots
nautical miles
21 inch (533 mm)
QF 4 inch (100 mm)
deck gun
machine guns

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