Taciturn (P 334)

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Taciturn (P 334)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T 3
Fate:	Scrapped 8th August 1971 at Briton Ferry.

Taciturn 1946

Taciturn 1960

Taciturn

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Commanders

1944:	Commander	Ronald Hugh Dewhurst	DSO
1944:	Lieutenant Commander	Edward Talbot Stanley	DSO DSC
1945:	Lieutenant	William Hedley Kett (RNR)	DSC
1953:	Lieutenant Commander	Paul Murray-Jones	MID

One of the 'T' class chosen for streamlining and improved performance

Events

09-03-1943	Laid Down

07-06-1944	Launched

08-10-1944	Completed

15-06-1945	HMS Taciturn sinks a Japanese air warning picket hulk and the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 105 with gunfire in the Madoera Strait to the north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.

17-06-1945	HMS Taciturn sinks a Japanese sailing vessel north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.

01-08-1945	HMS Thorough and HMS Taciturn attack Japanese shipping and shore targets off northern Bali. Taciturn sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire.

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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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