HMS Thames (N71)
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 HMS Thames |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Thames |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow |
| Launched: | 26 February 1932 |
| Fate: | mined 23 July 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,165 tons surfaced 2,680 tons submerged |
| Length: | 345 ft (105 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft 3 in (8.6 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 11 in (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel electric 2 supercharged diesels 10,000 hp max 2 electric motors 2500 hp |
| Speed: | 22 knots surfaced 10 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 61 |
| Armament: | 6 x 21 in torpedo tubes (bow) 1 x 4 inch deck gun |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Thames.
HMS Thames (N71) was an ocean-going type of submarine of the River Class. She was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched on 26 February 1932.
She had a short career in the Second World War. In July 1940 Thames torpedoed and sank the German torpedo boat Luchs. Luchs was part of the escort for the damaged German battlecruiser Gneisenau that was on passage from Trondheim, Norway to Kiel, Germany.[1]
Thames was reported overdue on 3 August 1940, and had probably struck a mine off Norway in late July or early August 1940.
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Thames, Uboot.net
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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