| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | She was purchased by the Dutch government and served with the cold war fleet, renamed Zwaardvis in 1950, decommissioned on 11 December 1962. |
HMS Talent was transferred to the Dutch and recommisoned as HNLMS Zwaardvisch
After the war she was purchased by the Dutch government and served with the cold war fleet, renamed Zwaardvis in 1950.
| 13-10-1942 | Laid Down |
| 23-03-1943 | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy. |
| 17-07-1943 | Launched as HMS Talent, but was not commissioned into the Royal Navy |
| 23-11-1943 | Commisioned into to the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was renamed Zwaardvisch, Dutch for 'Swordfish'. She went on to lead a distinguished career. |
| 11-12-1962 | Decommissioned |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Sahib (Lt John Henry Bromage DSO DSC) was lost on 24th April 1943. After making a successful attack on an escorted Italian Convo. The Submarine was damaged in a depth charge attack by the escorting Italian Corvettes Gabbiano (Lt Nilo Foresi) and Euterpe (Lt Antonio March). Lt Bromage surfaced HMS Sahib, which was badly damaged, and attempted to run on the surface. Owing to the damage to the Submarine the crew were forced to abandon ship. It is reported that German aircraft machine gunned the survivors in the water killing one of the crew. The six Officers and the forty surviving crew members were taken Prisoner of War. Of the forty, twenty-three made escape attempts and twelve made successful 'Home Runs'. There was only one casualty in the sinking. | |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Sahib (Lt John Henry Bromage DSO DSC) was lost on 24th April 1943. After making a successful attack on an escorted Italian Convo. The Submarine was damaged in a depth charge attack by the escorting Italian Corvettes Gabbiano (Lt Nilo Foresi) and Euterpe (Lt Antonio March). Lt Bromage surfaced HMS Sahib, which was badly damaged, and attempted to run on the surface. Owing to the damage to the Submarine the crew were forced to abandon ship. It is reported that German aircraft machine gunned the survivors in the water killing one of the crew. The six Officers and the forty surviving crew members were taken Prisoner of War. Of the forty, twenty-three made escape attempts and twelve made successful 'Home Runs'. There was only one casualty in the sinking. | |
These Warship Profiles were published in the early 1970s and are quite rare now. Each takes a Warship and gives a full history, masses of photos, colour profiles and a well written text, often by serving or ex-Naval Officers. Modellers will find this volume very useful indeed!
18 pages added or updated in the last Array month
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