HMS Tapir
- Displacement
- 1,290 long tons (1,311 t)
- Length
- 84.12 m (276 ft)
- Beam
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Speed
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h, 17.8 mph)
- Complement
- 61
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as HMS Tapir30 December 1944 — 1948248 days of the war
- as HNLMS Zeehond (P335)12 July 1948 — 1953
- as HMS Tapir16 December 1953 — 1966
- Name
- HMS Tapir
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
- Ordered
- 1941
- Laid down
- 29 March 1943
- Launched
- 21 August 1944
- Commissioned
- 30 December 1944
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1966 (1966)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Tapir was a Zwaardvisch-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow laid her keel on 29 March 1943. She entered service on 30 December 1944, having been launched on 21 August 1944.
She was the only ship of her class. The Dolfijn-class submarine followed.
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 served with the Royal Navy as HMS Tapir until 1948. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as HNLMS Zeehond (P335) from 12 July 1948. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Tapir from 16 December 1953. She was in commission for 248 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1966.
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 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes
- 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 6 reload torpedoes
- QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun
- 3 anti aircraft machine guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Tapir on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.