Tantalus (P318)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T Group 3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in November 1950 at Milford Haven. |
Ex P98
Events
| 06-06-1942 : | Laid Down |
| 24-02-1943 : | Launched |
| 02-06-1943 : | Completed |
| 19-04-1944 : | HMS Tantalus sinks the Malaysian tug Kampung Besar with gunfire in the Malacca Strait. |
| 29-04-1944 : | HMS Tantalus sinks the Malaysian Pulo Salanama with gunfire in Malacca Strait. |
| 03-05-1944 : | HMS Tantalus torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Amagi Maru about 40 nautical miles south of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. |
| 02-06-1944 : | HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 10-06-1944 : | HMS Tantalus sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Hiyoshi Maru with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 17-07-1944 : | HMS Tantalus misses the Japanese submarine I-166 with torpedoes in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 31-08-1944 : | HMS Tantalus sinks a Siamese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca and damages another. |
| 04-09-1944 : | HMS Tantalus claims to have damaged a tug with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 02-11-1944 : | HMS Tantalus torpedoes and sinks the Japanese cargo ship Hachijin Maruand damages the Japanese submarine chaser Ch 1 about 225 nautical miles east of Singapore. |
| 11-11-1944 : | HMS Tantalus sinks the Japanese coaster Palang Maru with gunfire of the east coast of Malaya. |
| 30-01-1945 : | HMS Tantalus sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Taisei Maru No. 12 with gunfire off Bangka Strait. |
| 31-01-1945 : | HMS Tantalus sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire in the southern part of the South China Sea. |
| 01-02-1945 : | HMS Tantalus sinks a Japanese tug and three barges in the southern part of the South China Sea. |
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