Trusty (N45)

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Trusty (N45)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T 2
Fate:	Scrapped in July 1947 at Milford Haven.

Trusty (N45)

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15-03-1940	Laid Down

14-03-1941	Launched

30-07-1941	Completed

04-12-1941	HMS Trusty makes a torpedo attack on Italian torpedo boat Orsa west of Zakynthos island, Greece. All torpedoes missed.

04-06-1942	HMS Trusty torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Toyohashi Maru in Strait of Malacca.

18-11-1942	HMS Trusty torpedoes and damages the Japanese troop transport Columbia Maru near Penang, Malaya.

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Length overall	275 ft
Beam	26 ft 6 inch
Depth	14 ft 3 inch
Displacement	1327 tons (surface)
	1575 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	300 ft
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	(i) 8 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external)
	2 x 21 inch amidship tubes
	(16 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 4 inch gun
	(ii) 0.303 inch machine-guns
Complement	56
Notes	(i) As an alternative load, Group 1 submarines could carry 18 mines.
	(ii) These were later replaced by, or supplemented by one 20mm Oerlikon cannon.

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