Thule (P325)

Built By:	Devonport Dockyard
Build Group:	T Group 3
Fate:	Scrapped on 14th September 1962 at Inverkeithing.

HMS Thule painted black with S25 pennant number (previously P325). The forward torpedo tubes have been removed as recoded in PoWV 1959. Additional dome forward.

HMS Thule with fully shielded gun platform. 'Bandstand' removed & snort mast fitted. Mast can be seen folded down on the aft casing. The object sticking up above the snort head is the 138 ASDIC cover. She appears to be fitted with Truculent lights far forward and aft, thus this is a post 1950 photo with no pennant number displayed. She still has the forward external tubes.

HMS Thule fitted with Type 186 hydrophone set (Knout) for trial, 1955.

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20-09-1941 :	Laid Down
22-10-1942 :	Launched
13-05-1944 :	Completed
16-12-1944 :	HMS Thule lays 12 mines off Terutan Island.
17-12-1944 :	From 17 December 1944 to 29 December 1944 HMS Thule sinks 13 junks, 2 lighters and 5 sampams with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
28-12-1944 :	HMS Thule attacks a submarine off Penang. HMS Thule claims a kill but the torpedoes have exploded prematurely so the submarine escapes unharmed.
28-03-1945 :	HMS Thule sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
01-04-1945 :	HMS Thule sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Siam.
03-04-1945 :	HMS Thule sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Siam
17-07-1945 :	HMS Thule sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the north coast of Java, Netherlands East Indies.
19-07-1945 :	HMS Thule sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the north coast of Java, Netherlands East Indies.
20-07-1945 :	HMS Thule sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the north coast of Java, Netherlands East Indies.
14-09-1962 :	Scrapped at Inverkeithing.

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My Father James Keen served on the Thule 1944 1945
Gilda Thu, 16 Apr 2020

My father ( Locke) was a crew member ( stoker), under Mars on far East patrols. He was mentioned in dispatches during this tour. We think there was damage to the aft end steering gear, which he had to repair under difficult conditions.
Irene wells Fri, 4 Jun 2021

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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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Thule (P325)

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