HMS Tapir (P335)

HMS Tapir
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tapir
Ordered1941
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down29 March 1943
Launched21 August 1944
Commissioned30 December 1944
FateTransferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1948
Badge
Netherlands
NameHNLMS Zeehond (P335)
Commissioned12 July 1948
FateReturned to the Royal Navy in 1953
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tapir
Commissioned16 December 1953
FateScrapped in 1966
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 1,290 tons surfaced
  • 1,560 tons submerged
Length276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught
  • 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward
  • 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft
Propulsion
  • Two shafts
  • Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each
  • Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed
  • 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
Armament
  • 6 internal forward-facing 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 2 external forward-facing 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

HMS Tapir (P335) was a Second World War British T-class submarine, built by Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tapir, after the animal.

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