Tarn (P 336) / Tijjerhai (Dutch)

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Tarn (P 336) / Tijjerhai (Dutch)

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T 3
Fate:	She was purchased by the Dutch government in 1946 and was decommissioned in 1964.

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Commanders

1945:

Lieutenant Commander

Arie Van Altena (RNNR)

HMS Tarn, was never commissioned into the Royal Navy and instead was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was recommissioned as Tijjerhai ("Tigershark"), but the war was already drawing to a close, so she spent 1945 undergoing trials. She was purchased by the Dutch government in 1946 and was decommissioned on 11 December 1964.

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1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla

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Events

12-06-1943	Laid Down

29-11-1944	Launched

28-03-1945	Transferred into to the Royal Netherlands Navy as Tijgerhaai ("tigershark")

07-04-1945	Completed

19-10-1955	Ran aground in Weymouth Bay

11-12-1964	Decommissioned

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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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