Taciturn (P334)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T Group 3

Fate:

Scrapped in August 1971 at Briton Ferry.

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Events

09-03-1943 :	Laid Down
07-06-1944 :	Launched
08-10-1944 :	Completed
15-06-1945 :	HMS Taciturn sinks a Japanese air warning picket hulk and the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 105 with gunfire in the Madoera Strait to the north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
17-06-1945 :	HMS Taciturn sinks a Japanese sailing vessel north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
01-08-1945 :	HMS Thorough and HMS Taciturn attack Japanese shipping and shore targets off northern Bali. Taciturn sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire.

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Length overall	273' 6"
Beam	26' 6"
Depth	14' 3"
Displacement	1422 tons (surface)
	1571 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	(i) 300'
Speed	Surface 15.25 knots (design)
	Surface 15.25 knots (service)
	Submerged 9 knots (design)
	Submerged 8.75 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Endurance	Surface: 7500 miles at 15.25 knots (design)
	(ii) Surface: 8000 miles at 10 knots (service)
	Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (design)
	Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (service)
Armament	8 21" bow tubes (2 external)
	2 21" amidship tubes
	(17 torpedoes carried)
	1 4" gun
	1 20mm Oerlikon cannon
	3 0.303" machine-guns
Complement	61
Notes	(i) This was increased to 350 feet in the all-welded boats.
	(ii) T Class submarines serving in the Far East were modified to carry extra fuel, which increased endurance to 11 000 miles at 10 knots.

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Taciturn (P334)

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T Group 3 Specification