| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in November 1950 at Milford Haven. |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Hugh Stirling Mackenzie | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant Commander | Hugh Stirling Mackenzie | DSO |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Jeremy Nash | DSC MID |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Laurence Hugh Oliphant | DSC |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | William Thomas John Fox |
Ex P98
1943-1944: Indian Ocean.
1945: Pacific.
| 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. |
| 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. |
C 18 (I 48) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
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Fate: Scrapped 26th May 1921. |
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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. |
C 18 (I 48) |
|
| Class: | 1903 - 1906: C Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | C1 |
|
Fate: Scrapped 26th May 1921. |
|
Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy
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