Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine N52

HMS Trident (N52)

British T class submarine

HMS Trident (N52)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 20221 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — N52 British T class submarine HMSM TRIDENT underway entering dock.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Trident1 October 1939 — 17 February 19462,163 days of the war
British T class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Trident
Pennant / hull number
N52
Builder
Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down
12 January 1937
Launched
7 December 1938
Commissioned
1 October 1939
Fate
Sold to be broken up for scrap 17 February 1946 (1946)
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 Trident was a British T class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N52. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead on 12 January 1937. She entered service on 1 October 1939, having been launched on 7 December 1938.

52 ships of the class were built. 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 2,163 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 17 February 1946.

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

27 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Trident (N52) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 20221 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons