Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P326

HMS Tudor

T-class submarine

HMS Tudor
Beadell, S J (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 21447 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P326 HMSM TUDOR , T class submarine, underway leaving Holy Loch .

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Tudor16 January 1944 — September 1962595 days of the war
T-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Tudor
Pennant / hull number
P326
Builder
Devonport Dockyard
Laid down
20 September 1941
Launched
23 September 1942
Commissioned
16 January 1944
Fate
Scrapped September 1962 (1962)
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 Tudor was a T-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P326. Her keel was laid at Devonport Dockyard on 20 September 1941. Launched on 23 September 1942, she entered service on 16 January 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 595 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in September 1962.

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 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 Tudor on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Beadell, S J (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 21447 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons