| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Israeli Navy in 1965 and renamed Leviathan. Scrapped in 1978. |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | John Samuel Stevens | DSO DSC |
| 1951: | Lieutenant Commander | John Charles Young Roxburgh | DSO DSC |
| 24-05-1943 | Laid Down |
| 05-08-1944 | Launched |
| 18-12-1944 | Completed |
| 20-01-1945 | While both conducting attack exercises off Inchmarnock on HMS Sardonyx at 1452 hours HMS Turpin and HMS Sidon collided. Both submarines were at periscope depth and both sustained damage. |
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| Admiralty Approved | 14th Jan, 1945 | |
| Symbology | Dick Turpin, an infamous highwayman (1706-1739). The horse is a depiction of the legendary Black Bess and the white rose in its bridle is a reference to their legendary ride from London to York. | |
| Design Notes | A bezant charged with a horse's head couped black, a white rose stalked and leaved proper pendant from the bridle on a red field. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Symbology | Dick Turpin, the infamous 18th-century English highwayman. | |
| Design Notes | A rider sits upon a horse, pistol in hand, apparently in wait. All in silhouette. Colours unknown on a blue field. | |
| 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. |
Seneschal (P 255) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Scrapped Dunstone 23rd August 1960 |
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Of all the acts of gallantry in World War II few were as audacious as the attack by midget submarines on the pride of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz, lying in her fortified mooring in a Norwegian fjord.
Lieutenant Godfrey Place was in command of submarine X7 in September 1943 and travelled over 1000 miles, negotiating minefields and antisubmarine nets to accurately place four tons of high explosive under the hull of the Tirpitz.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 14th Jan, 1945 | |
| Symbology | Dick Turpin, an infamous highwayman (1706-1739). The horse is a depiction of the legendary Black Bess and the white rose in its bridle is a reference to their legendary ride from London to York. | |
| Design Notes | A bezant charged with a horse's head couped black, a white rose stalked and leaved proper pendant from the bridle on a red field. | |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Symbology | Dick Turpin, the infamous 18th-century English highwayman. | |
| Design Notes | A rider sits upon a horse, pistol in hand, apparently in wait. All in silhouette. Colours unknown on a blue field. | |
| 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. |
Seneschal (P 255) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Scrapped Dunstone 23rd August 1960 |
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Of all the acts of gallantry in World War II few were as audacious as the attack by midget submarines on the pride of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz, lying in her fortified mooring in a Norwegian fjord.
Lieutenant Godfrey Place was in command of submarine X7 in September 1943 and travelled over 1000 miles, negotiating minefields and antisubmarine nets to accurately place four tons of high explosive under the hull of the Tirpitz.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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Thankyou for your support.
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