HNLMS Zwaardvisch
Survived
Royal Navy, then Royal Netherlands Navy
| Type | Submarine |
|---|---|
| Class | T |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 6 internal forward-facing 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
Service
| to 1943 | Talent | |
| from 1943 | Zwaardvisch Transferred on completion |
British T-class submarine launched as Talent and handed to the Dutch on completion. From Fremantle in October 1944 she sank U-168 in the Java Sea and the Japanese minelayer Itsukushima. Scrapped in 1963.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 6 internal forward-facing 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 6 reload torpedoes
- QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun
- 3 anti aircraft machine guns
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 13 October 1942 |
| Launched | 17 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 23 November 1943 |
| Displacement | 1,290 tons surfaced 1,560 tons submerged |
| Length | 276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) |
| Speed | 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged |
| Complement | 61 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.
Launched as HMS Talent
17 July 1943
Renamed HNLMS Zwaardvisch
December 1943 · Transferred on completion
Fate
Survived
Sold for scrapping 12 July 1963