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{{Short description|T-class submarine of the Royal Navy, in service from 1943 to 1955}} |
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|Ship caption=HMS ''Tradewind'' ''P329'' |
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|Ship name=HMS ''Tradewind'' |
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]] P329 |
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|Ship fate=Scrapped 14 December 1955 |
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|Ship badge=[[File:TRADEWIND badge-1-.jpg|left|100px]] |
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|Ship displacement=1,290 [[long ton|ton]]s surfaced |
|Ship displacement=*1,290 [[long ton|ton]]s surfaced |
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*1,560 tons submerged |
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|Ship draught={{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} forward |
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|Ship propulsion=Two shafts |
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Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each |
*Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each |
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Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each |
*Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each |
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|Ship speed=15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced |
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9 knots (20 km/h) submerged |
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|Ship range=4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced |
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|Ship armament=6 internal forward |
|Ship armament=*6 internal forward-facing [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] torpedo tubes |
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6 reload torpedoes |
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4 inch (100 mm) deck gun |
*[[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF 4 inch (100 mm)]] deck gun |
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⚫ | '''HMS ''Tradewind''''' was a British [[submarine]] of the third group of the [[British T class submarine|''T'' class]]. She was built as ''P329'' at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]], and launched on 11 December 1942. {{As of|2021}} she is the only ship of the [[Royal Navy]] to have been named ''Tradewind'', after the [[trade wind]]s. |
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[[Image:TRADEWIND badge-1-.jpg|left|100px]] |
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⚫ | '''HMS ''Tradewind''''' was a |
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==Service== |
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==Second World War service== |
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She spent most of her wartime career operating against the Japanese in the Far East, attacking enemy shipping and laying mines. She sank nine Japanese sailing vessels, and two small unidentified Japanese vessels, a Japanese tug and the Japanese merchant tanker ''Takasago Maru''. The Japanese merchant cargo vessel ''Kyokko Maru'' was sunk after hitting a mine laid by ''Tradewind''. |
She spent most of her wartime career operating against the Japanese in the Far East, attacking enemy shipping and laying mines. She sank nine Japanese sailing vessels, and two small unidentified Japanese vessels, a Japanese tug and the Japanese merchant tanker ''Takasago Maru''. The Japanese merchant cargo vessel ''Kyokko Maru'' was sunk after hitting a mine laid by ''Tradewind''. |
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Her most infamous sinking was of the |
Her most infamous sinking was of the Japanese army cargo ship ''[[Junyō Maru]]'' which was headed for [[Sumatra]], on 18 September 1944. Unbeknown to the Commanding Officer of ''Tradewind'', Lt.Cdr. [[Lynch Maydon]], the Japanese ship was carrying 4,200 Javanese slave labourers and 2,300 Allied [[prisoners of war]] from [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] to [[Padang]]. 5,620 people died in the sinking.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3524.html HMS ''Tradewind''], Uboat.net</ref> |
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==Post-war service== |
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''Tradewind'' survived the war and was modified in July 1945-September 1946 to become an acoustic trials submarine, and used for tests. The modifications included the removal of external torpedo tubes and guns, the bridge was faired, the hull streamlined and some internal torpedo tubes blanked over. Measurements made using ''Tradewind'' were used to overhaul several of the ''T'' class boats to increase their ability to act stealthily against Soviet submarines and surface ships. |
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In 1953 she took part in the [[Fleet Review]] to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden</ref> She was scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955. |
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''Tradewind'' was eventually scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955. |
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==References== |
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*''Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day'', by Robert Hutchinson |
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*{{Colledge}} |
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* {{Cite Colledge2006}} |
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* {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | url = https://archive.org/details/janessubmarinesw0000hutc | url-access = registration | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }} |
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==External links== |
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*http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2558 |
* http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2558 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220150129/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2558 |date=20 February 2007 }} |
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Latest revision as of 22:03, 18 September 2023
HMS Tradewind P329
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tradewind |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 11 February 1942 |
Launched | 11 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 October 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number P329 |
Fate | Scrapped 14 December 1955 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | British T class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
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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 | 61 |
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HMS Tradewind was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P329 at Chatham, and launched on 11 December 1942. As of 2021[update] she is the only ship of the Royal Navy to have been named Tradewind, after the trade winds.
Second World War service[edit]
She spent most of her wartime career operating against the Japanese in the Far East, attacking enemy shipping and laying mines. She sank nine Japanese sailing vessels, and two small unidentified Japanese vessels, a Japanese tug and the Japanese merchant tanker Takasago Maru. The Japanese merchant cargo vessel Kyokko Maru was sunk after hitting a mine laid by Tradewind.
Her most infamous sinking was of the Japanese army cargo ship Junyō Maru which was headed for Sumatra, on 18 September 1944. Unbeknown to the Commanding Officer of Tradewind, Lt.Cdr. Lynch Maydon, the Japanese ship was carrying 4,200 Javanese slave labourers and 2,300 Allied prisoners of war from Batavia to Padang. 5,620 people died in the sinking.[1]
Post-war service[edit]
Tradewind survived the war and was modified in July 1945-September 1946 to become an acoustic trials submarine, and used for tests. The modifications included the removal of external torpedo tubes and guns, the bridge was faired, the hull streamlined and some internal torpedo tubes blanked over. Measurements made using Tradewind were used to overhaul several of the T class boats to increase their ability to act stealthily against Soviet submarines and surface ships.
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2] She was scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955.
References[edit]
- ^ HMS Tradewind, Uboat.net
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
Publications[edit]
- 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.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.
External links[edit]
- http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2558 Archived 20 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine