HMS Tiara

T-class submarine

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

Royal Navy as Tiara? — June 19472,193 days of the war

T-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Tiara
Pennant / hull number: P351
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: 8 April 1943
Launched: 18 April 1944
Fate: Scrapped June 1947 (1947)
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 Tiara was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P351. Portsmouth Dockyard laid her keel on 8 April 1943. She was launched on 18 April 1944.

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 2,193 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in June 1947.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: Two shafts
Twin diesel engines 2500 hp each
Twin electric motors 1450 hp 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

Sister ships

27 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Tiara on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.