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Truant

HMS Truant

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeSubmarine
ClassT
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × internal forward-facing 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Torpedoed the cruiser Karlsruhe off Kristiansand on 9 April 1940. Served in the Mediterranean and the Far East.

British T class submarine HMSM TRUANT underway, coastal waters Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × internal forward-facing 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 4 × external forward-facing torpedo tubes
  • 6 × reload torpedoes
  • 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
Laid down24 March 1938
Launched5 May 1939
Commissioned31 October 1939
Displacement1,090 tons surfaced 1,575 tons submerged
Length275 ft (84 m)
Speed15.25 knots (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Complement59

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

5 May 1939

Sinking of Karlsruhe
Survived

9 April 1940

Lieutenant-Commander Christopher Hutchinson

Fate

Survived

Sold for breaking up, wrecked under tow December 1946