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''Templar'' served in the Far East for much of her wartime career, where she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship ''Tyokai Maru'' and laid mines. She torpedoed and damaged the Japanese light cruiser ''Kitakami'', and attacked the German submarine [[Unterseeboot 1062|''U-1062'']] but missed her with torpedoes.
''Templar'' served in the Far East for much of her wartime career, where she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship ''Tyokai Maru'' and laid mines. She torpedoed and damaged the Japanese light cruiser ''Kitakami'', and attacked the German submarine [[Unterseeboot 1062|''U-1062'']] but missed her with torpedoes.


She survived the war and continued in service with the Navy, finally being used as a target and sunk in [[Loch Striven]], [[Scotland]] in [[1954]]. She was salvaged on [[4 December]] [[1958]] and arrived at Troon, Scotland on [[19 July]] [[1959]] to be scrapped.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3509.html HMS Templar], Uboot.net</ref>
She survived the war and continued in service with the Navy, finally being used as a target and sunk in [[Loch Striven]], [[Scotland]] in 1954. She was salvaged on [[4 December]] [[1958]] and arrived at Troon, Scotland on [[19 July]] [[1959]] to be scrapped.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3509.html HMS Templar], Uboot.net</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:31, 12 June 2008

HMS Templar
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down28 December 1941
Launched26 October 1942
Commissioned15 February 1943
Fatesunk as target 1954, scrapped July 1959
General characteristics
Class and typeBritish T class submarine
Displacementlist error: <br /> list (help)
1,290 tons surfaced
1,560 tons submerged
Length276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draughtlist error: <br /> list (help)
12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward
14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
Two shafts

Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each

Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speedlist error: <br /> list (help)
15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced
9 knots (20 km/h) submerged
Range4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
Test depth300 ft (91 m) max
Complement61
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
6 internal forward facing torpedo tubes

2 external forward facing torpedo tubes
2 external amidships rear facing torpedo tubes
1 external rear facing torpedo tubes
6 reload torpedoes
4 inch (100 mm) deck gun

3 anti aircraft machine guns

HMS Templar was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P316 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 26 October 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Templar, probably after the chivalric order, the Knights Templar.

Service

Templar served in the Far East for much of her wartime career, where she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Tyokai Maru and laid mines. She torpedoed and damaged the Japanese light cruiser Kitakami, and attacked the German submarine U-1062 but missed her with torpedoes.

She survived the war and continued in service with the Navy, finally being used as a target and sunk in Loch Striven, Scotland in 1954. She was salvaged on 4 December 1958 and arrived at Troon, Scotland on 19 July 1959 to be scrapped.[1]

References

  1. ^ HMS Templar, Uboot.net
  • Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.