HMS Tempest
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tempest |
| Builder | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 6 June 1940 |
| Launched | 10 June 1941 |
| Commissioned | 6 December 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number N86 |
| Fate | Sunk 13 February 1942 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | British T class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught | 16.3 ft (5.0 m) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) max |
| Complement | 61 |
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HMS Tempest (N86) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched in June 1941, serving in the Mediterranean theatre until 13 February 1942, when she was sunk by the Regia Marina while on patrol the Gulf of Taranto.
References
- ^ Submarine losses 1904 to present day Archived 14 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
- ^ HMS Tempest, Uboat.net
- ^ "Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, February 1942". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
Sources
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.