| Built By: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Build Group: | XP |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1945 |
Unofficially named Exciter
| Length overall | 43 ft |
| Beam | 8 ft (with charges) / 5 ft 6 inch (without charges) |
| Displacement | With Charges: 30 tons (surface) / 32 1/2 tons (submerged) |
| With Charges: 32 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) | |
| Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) |
| 5 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 2 x 2-ton side charges |
| Limpet mines | |
| Endurance | Surface: 1100 miles at 4.5 knots (with charges) |
| Surface: 1400 miles at 4.5 knots (without charges) | |
| Submerged: 85 miles at 2 knots (with charges) | |
| Submerged: 85 miles at 2 knots (without charges) | |
| Complement | 3 |
For 17 hours, HMS Tireless was on top of the world - and the memories will linger long in the minds of the sailors who experienced it.
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| Length overall | 43 ft |
| Beam | 8 ft (with charges) / 5 ft 6 inch (without charges) |
| Displacement | With Charges: 30 tons (surface) / 32 1/2 tons (submerged) |
| With Charges: 32 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Without Charges: 27 tons (surface) | |
| Without Charges: 29 1/2 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | With Charges: 6.5 knots (surface) |
| 5 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Armament | 2 x 2-ton side charges |
| Limpet mines | |
| Endurance | Surface: 1100 miles at 4.5 knots (with charges) |
| Surface: 1400 miles at 4.5 knots (without charges) | |
| Submerged: 85 miles at 2 knots (with charges) | |
| Submerged: 85 miles at 2 knots (without charges) | |
| Complement | 3 |
For 17 hours, HMS Tireless was on top of the world - and the memories will linger long in the minds of the sailors who experienced it.
Provides a full description of the A Class Royal Navy Submarine Alliance, with particulars of the A Class, with photos & technical diagrams.
18 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.
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