HMS Tribune (N76)
Service
- 17 October 1939 — July 19472,147 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Tribune
- Pennant / hull number
- N76
- Builder
- Scotts, Greenock
- Laid down
- 3 March 1937
- Launched
- 8 December 1938
- Commissioned
- 17 October 1939
- Fate
- Sold for scrap in July 1947
Broken up in November 1947 by Thos. W. Ward, of Milford Haven. (1947) - Status
- Scrapped
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
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 15.3 knots (28.2 km/h, 17.5 mph)
- Range
- 4,500 nmi (8,334 km)
- Complement
- 59
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Tribune was a British T class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N76. Scotts, Greenock laid her keel on 3 March 1937. Launched on 8 December 1938, she entered service on 17 October 1939.
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 1,090 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 59. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,147 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in July 1947.
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
- 4 external forward-facing torpedo tubes
- 6 reload torpedoes
- 1 x 4 inch deck gun
Sister ships
- HMS Tabard
- HMS Taciturn
- HMS Tactician (P314)
- HMS Taku (N38)
- HMS Talent (P322)
- HMS Talent (P337)
- HMS Talisman (N78)
- HMS Tally-Ho
- HMS Tantalus
- HMS Tantivy
- HMS Tarn (P336)
- HMS Tarpon (N17)
- HMS Taurus (P339)
- HMS Telemachus (P321)
- HMS Tempest (N86)
- HMS Templar
- HMS Teredo
- HMS Terrapin
- HMS Tetrarch (N77)
- HMS Thermopylae
- HMS Thetis (N25)
- HMS Thistle (N24)
- HMS Thorn (N11)
- HMS Thorough
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Tribune (N76) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 8673 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons