| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in July 1961 at Dunston. |
| 1943: | Lieutenant Commander | Jack Gethin Hopkins | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Arthur George Chandler | MID |
| 1946: | Lieutenant Commander | John Francis Michell |
| 26-10-1942 | Laid Down |
| 30-10-1943 | Launched |
| 01-03-1944 | Completed |
| 27-09-1944 | HMS Thorough sinks a small Japanese vessel north of Sumatra. |
| 13-11-1944 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 14-11-1944 | HMS Thorough sinks two Japanese vessels and damages another with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 19-11-1944 | HMS Thorough lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 22-11-1944 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca |
| 23-12-1944 | HMS Thorough lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 29-12-1944 | HMS Thorough sinks two Japanese sailing vessels of the west coast of Siam. |
| 01-01-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 13-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 14-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel and a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 15-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 16-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 18-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks five Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 23-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks two Japanese sailing vessels, a coaster and a barge with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 24-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 28-02-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 02-04-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a small Japanese gunboat with gunfire off the Nicobar Islands. |
| 10-04-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the west coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 03-06-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks two Japanese coasters with gunfire off Tenggol Island. |
| 05-06-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Tenggol Island. |
| 17-06-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese trawler and a Japanese sailing vessel off Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 01-08-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese coaster and a sailing vessel with gunfire off northern Bali. |
| 02-08-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Bali. |
| 04-08-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Bali. |
| 12-08-1945 | HMS Thorough sinks the Malaysian sailing vessel Palange with gunfire off Bali. |
| 16-12-1957 | HMS Thorough returns to Dolphin after completing the first circumnavigation by a submarine. |
| 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. |
Edward William Budgen, or Ted as we all knew him, was born in Redhill in Surrey on 18th August 1934. After leaving school Ted joined the Railways and became a locomotive fireman. Later he joined the Royal Navy and, on 10th November 1954, he joined the submarine depot HMS Dolphin at Gosport 'for Submarine training'.
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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. |
Edward William Budgen, or Ted as we all knew him, was born in Redhill in Surrey on 18th August 1934. After leaving school Ted joined the Railways and became a locomotive fireman. Later he joined the Royal Navy and, on 10th November 1954, he joined the submarine depot HMS Dolphin at Gosport 'for Submarine training'.
Charts over a century of submarine development, from the earliest attempts to travel beneath the waves, two World Wars and the Cold War, through to the formidable machines in operation today.
Specification boxes provide at-a-glance information about each submarine's country of origin, length, displacement, speed, armament, propulsion and complement. Features more than 700 historical and modern photographs illustrating each type of submarine, plus artworks of selected examples. Includes fascinating quotes from military leaders and a glossary explaining key naval terms and abbreviations.
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Comment by: navy42 on April 16th, 2026
Lord Kitchener was lost in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, denoted by the black field. As Secretary of State, he initiated the recruiting scheme which raised the new army. The first complete New Army formation (as opposed to divisions) as a result of this scheme was the 4th Army under the command of General Sir Henry Rawlinson, who ordered the use of a boar's head as the formation badge. Several HM Ships already used a boar's head as a part or all of their badge, so an entire boar was chosen, charging and coloured red to signify martial aggression.
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