Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine N86

HMS Tempest (N86)

British T class submarine

HMS Tempest (N86)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 19786 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — N86 British T class submarine HMSM TEMPEST underway.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Tempest6 December 1941 — 13 February 194269 days of the war
British T class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Tempest
Pennant / hull number
N86
Builder
Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down
6 June 1940
Launched
10 June 1941
Commissioned
6 December 1941
Fate
Sunk 13 February 1942 (1942)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,090 long tons (1,107 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,575 long tons (1,600 t)
Length
83.82 m (275 ft)
Beam
7.92 m (26 ft)
Draught
4.97 m (16.3 ft)
Speed
15.3 knots (28.2 km/h, 17.5 mph)
Range
4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
Complement
61
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Tempest was a British T class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N86. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead on 6 June 1940. She entered service on 6 December 1941, having been launched on 10 June 1941.

Her class ran to 52 ships. The class followed the Grampus-class submarine and was succeeded by the U class.

The boat displaced 1,090 long tons surfaced and 1,575 long tons submerged. She measured 83.8 m (275 ft) long with a beam of 7.9 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 15.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 61. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 69 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 13 February 1942, at 39°15′N 17°45′E. 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
  • 3 external backward-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 Tempest (N86) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 19786 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons