Taciturn (P 334)
Built By: |
Vickers (Barrow) |
Build Group: |
T 3 |
Fate: |
Scrapped 8th August 1971 at Briton Ferry. |
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Taciturn 1946
Taciturn 1960
Taciturn
Commanders
1944: | Commander Ronald Hugh Dewhurst DSO |
1944: | Lieutenant Commander Edward Talbot Stanley DSO DSC |
1945: | Lieutenant William Hedley Kett (RNR) DSC |
1953: | Lieutenant Commander Paul Murray-Jones MID |
One of the 'T' class chosen for streamlining and improved performance
Events
09-03-1943 |
Laid Down |
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07-06-1944 |
Launched |
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08-10-1944 |
Completed |
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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. |
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17-06-1945 |
HMS Taciturn sinks a Japanese sailing vessel north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
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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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