HMS Tapir (P335)
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HMS Tapir (P335) was a Second World War British T-class submarine, built by Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tapir, after the animal.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tapir |
Ordered | 1941 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow |
Laid down | 29 March 1943 |
Launched | 21 August 1944 |
Commissioned | 30 December 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1948 |
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Netherlands | |
Name | HNLMS Zeehond (P335) |
Commissioned | 12 July 1948 |
Fate | Returned to the Royal Navy in 1953 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tapir |
Commissioned | 16 December 1953 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1966 |
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Length | 276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
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Range | 4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) max |
Complement | 61 |
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