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On This Day - December 30

1940 Umpire (N 82) Launched
1940 Undaunted (N 55) Completed
1940 Unbroken (P 42) Laid Down
1940 Unison (P 43) Laid Down
1941 Thorn (N 11) HMS Thorn torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Campina about 5 nautical miles west off Cape Dukato.
1941 Ultor (P 53) Laid Down
1941 P 52 / Dzik (Polish) Laid Down
1942 Simoom (P 225) Completed
1944 Terrapin (P 323) HMS Terrapin sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
1944 Trenchant (P 331) HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
1944 Tapir (P 335) Completed
1954 Shrimp (X 52) Launched

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Templar (P 316)

Class: 1935 - 1970: T Class
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: T 3
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Scrapped on 17th July 1959 at Troon.
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