HMS Talisman (N78)
HMS Talisman
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History | |
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Builder | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 27 September 1938 |
Launched | 29 January 1940 |
Commissioned | 29 June 1940[1] |
Identification | Pennant number N78 |
Fate | Sunk 17 September 1942 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | British T class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught | 16.3 ft (5.0 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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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 | 59 |
Armament |
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The second HMS Talisman (N78), and the first to enter service under the name, was a
and launched on 29 January 1940.Career
Talisman had a relatively short but active career, spending most of her time in the
Mediterranean
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One of her first actions was the capture of the French fishing vessel Le Clipper, which was then used to observe
Italian torpedo boat Libra.[1]
Sinking
Talisman left Gibraltar on 10 September 1942 carrying supplies to
Alabastro, on the surface and sank her.[2]
Nothing was heard from Talisman again and she failed to arrive at Malta. She is presumed either to have hit an Italian mine off Sicily or to have been destroyed by Italian surface forces on 17 September. She was declared overdue on 18 September 1942.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b HMS Talisman on uboat.net
- ^ "HMS Talisman (N 78) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the T class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".
- ^ Submarine losses 1904 to present day Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
References
- Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
- Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6.
- Caruana, Joseph (2012). "Emergency Victualling of Malta During WWII". Warship International. LXIX (4): 357–364. ISSN 0043-0374.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Kemp, Paul J. (1990). The T-class Submarine: The Classic British Design. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-826-7.
- McCartney, Innes (2006). British Submarines 1939–1945. New Vanguard. Vol. 129. Oxford, UK: Osprey. ISBN 1-84603-007-2.
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