HMS Tireless (P327)
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Career |
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| Ordered: | 1941 |
| Laid down: | 30 October 1941 |
| Launched: | 19 March 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 18 April 1945 |
| Paid Off: | August 1963 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1090 tons surfaced, 1575 tons submerged |
| Length: | 273 feet |
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| Propulsion: | 2500 hp diesel engines, 1450 hp electric motors, two shafts |
| Speed: | 15.25 knots surfaced, 9 knots submerged |
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| Complement: | 61 officers and men |
| Armament: | one four-inch gun, one 20mm cannon, three machineguns, six internal and two external bow torpedo tubes, two internal and one external stern tubes, 17 torpedoes |
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HMS Tireless (P 327), a Taciturn- or T-class submarine, was the first ship of the Royal Navy to bear that name. She was authorized under the 1941 War Emergency Program and her keel was laid down on 30 October 1941 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was launched on 19 March 1943 and was completed on 18 April 1945.
See HMS Tireless for other ships of the same name.
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