HMS Talent (P337)

HMS Talent (P337) ex HMS Tasman (P337)

General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Taciturn class ( T class )
Navy :	Royal Navy
Builder :	Vickers-Armstrong ( Barrow )
Keel laying :	March 21, 1944
Launch :	February 13, 1945
Commissioning:	July 27, 1945
Whereabouts:	Decommissioned in 1966 and scrapped in Troon in February 1970.
Technical data (see Taciturn class )

HMS Talent (P337) ( HMS Tasman (P337) ) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy .

Mission history

P337 was laid down at Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow on March 21, 1944 . The submarine was launched on February 13, 1945 under the originally planned name HMS Tasman . In April 1945 the boat was renamed HMS Talent and put into service on July 27, 1945. The first in command was Lieutenant Commander Richard Molyneux Favell. As a result of the late commissioning, the submarine was no longer used in combat.

The Royal Navy used the submarine until 1966. During this time it suffered two serious accidents. On December 15, 1954, HMS Talent was in distress when it was driven away when a dry dock flooded at Chatham . The drifting boat could only be secured on the following day due to the heavy swell and the thick fog. Four sailors were killed in the accident. The damaged submarine was overhauled in 1955. On May 8, 1956, the submarine was damaged again in a collision off the Isle of Wight when surfacing.

HMS Talent was scrapped in Troon in 1970.

Commanders

According to Cdr. Richard Molyneux Favell (April 10, 1945 - October 1945)
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Web links

Commons : Taciturn class - album with pictures, videos and audio files

HMS Talent on uboat.net (English)
British submarines during World War II (English)

literature

Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hutchinson and Bagnasco give no information about the launching of the T-class submarines. The information on launch runs comes from uboat.net .
↑ Richard Molyneux Favell on uboat.net (English)

Remarks

↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship , see also Talent .
↑ The name HMS Talent was intended for three T-class submarines . Talent (I) ( P322 ) was handed over to the Dutch Navy in 1943 and was given the name Zwaardvisch . Talent (II) (P343) was supposed to be named instead, but was not built because the building contract was canceled. Talent (III) (P337) was originally launched under the name HMS Tasman and was renamed HMS Talent in April 1945 .

[Stapellauf_der_T-Klasse-1] Hutchinson and Bagnasco give no information about the launching of the T-class submarines. The information on launch runs comes from uboat.net .

[Richard_Molyneux_Favell-4] Richard Molyneux Favell on uboat.net (English)

[HMS_Talent-2] HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship , see also Talent .

[Talent-3] The name HMS Talent was intended for three T-class submarines . Talent (I) ( P322 ) was handed over to the Dutch Navy in 1943 and was given the name Zwaardvisch . Talent (II) (P343) was supposed to be named instead, but was not built because the building contract was canceled. Talent (III) (P337) was originally launched under the name HMS Tasman and was renamed HMS Talent in April 1945 .