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Talent (P 322) / Zwaardvisch (Dutch)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: T 3
Fate: She was purchased by the Dutch government and served with the cold war fleet, renamed Zwaardvis in 1950, decommissioned on 11 December 1962.
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HMS Talent was transferred to the Dutch and recommisoned as HNLMS Zwaardvisch

After the war she was purchased by the Dutch government and served with the cold war fleet, renamed Zwaardvis in 1950.

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Events

 13-10-1942   Laid Down
 23-03-1943   Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy.
 17-07-1943   Launched as HMS Talent, but was not commissioned into the Royal Navy
 23-11-1943   Commisioned into to the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was renamed Zwaardvisch, Dutch for 'Swordfish'. She went on to lead a distinguished career.
 11-12-1962   Decommissioned
T 3 Specification
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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