Tapir (P335)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T Grp3

Fate:

Scrapped in December 1966 at Faslane.

Served with the Netherlands Navy as Zeehond from 1948-53.

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29-03-1943 :	Laid Down
21-08-1944 :	Launched
30-12-1944 :	Completed
12-04-1945 :	The German submarine U-486 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, Norway, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Tapir. Last sinking by a British Submarine in home waters.

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Length overall	273ft 6in
Beam	26ft 6in
Depth	14ft 3in
Displacement	1422 tons (surface) / 1571 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	(i) 300 feet
Speed	Surface 15.25 knots (design) 15.25 knots (service) / Submerged 9 knots (design) 8.75 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Armament	8 21-inch bow tubes (2 external) 2 21-inch amidship tubes (17 torpedoes carried). 1 4-inch gun, 1 20mm Oerlikon cannon, 3 0.303-inch machine-guns
Endurance	Surface: 7500 miles at 15.25 knots (design) (ii) 8000 miles at 10 knots (service) / Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (design) 80 miles at 4 knots (service)
Complement	61
Note	(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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