Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine

HMS Tantivy

British T class submarine

HMS Tantivy
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 8696 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate British T class submarine HMSM TANTIVY underway at Barrow .

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Tantivy25 July 1943 — 1951770 days of the war
British T class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Tantivy
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
Laid down
4 July 1942
Launched
6 April 1943
Commissioned
25 July 1943
Fate
Sunk as target 1951 (1951)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,290 long tons (1,311 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,560 long tons (1,585 t)
Length
84.12 m (276 ft)
Beam
7.62 m (25 ft)
Draught
3.66 m (12 ft)
Speed
15.5 knots (28.7 km/h, 17.8 mph)
Range
4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
Complement
61
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Tantivy was a British T class submarine of the Royal Navy. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow laid her keel on 4 July 1942. Launched on 6 April 1943, she entered service on 25 July 1943.

She was one of 52 ships of her class. The class followed the Grampus-class submarine and was succeeded by the U class.

The boat displaced 1,290 long tons surfaced and 1,560 long tons submerged. She measured 84.1 m (276 ft) long with a beam of 7.6 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 15.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 61. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 770 days of the Second World War.

She was expended as a target in 1951. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Two shafts
  • Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each
  • Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Armament
  • 6 internal forward-facing 21 in torpedo tubes
  • 2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes
  • 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes
  • 1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes
  • 6 reload torpedoes
  • 1 x 4 inch deck gun
  • 3 anti aircraft machine guns

Sister ships

27 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Tantivy on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 8696 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons