Templar (P 316)

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Templar (P 316)

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

Templar in Malta Grand Harbour

Templar in Mediteranian

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Commanders

1943:	Lieutenant	Denis John Beckley	DSO MID
1944:	Lieutenant	Thomas Graeme Ridgeway
1945:	Lieutenant	Thomas Graeme Ridgeway

Events

28-12-1941	Laid Down

15-02-1943	Completed

27-01-1944	The Japanese light cruiser Kitakami was torpedoed and damaged by two torpedoes from HMS Templar in the Malacca Strait south west off Penang.

29-05-1944	HMS Templar torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Tyokai Maru in Strait of Malacca.

04-06-1944	HMS Templar lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.

16-07-1944	HMS Templar misses the German submarine U-1062 with torpedoes in the Malacca Strait.

17-07-1959	Scrapped at Troon.

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Length overall	273 ft 6 inch
Beam	26 ft 6 inch
Depth	14 ft 3 inch
Displacement	1422 tons (surface)
	1571 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	(i) 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	8 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external)
	2 x 21 inch amidship tubes
	(17 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 4 inch gun
	1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon
	3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
Complement	(peacetime) 5 Officers and 51 Ratings
	(wartime) 6 Officers and 56 Ratings
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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