HMS Thistle (N24)
HMS Thistle | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Thistle |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow |
| Laid down | 7 December 1937 |
| Launched | 25 October 1938 |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1939 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-4 10 April 1940 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 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 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) max |
| Complement | 59 |
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HMS Thistle (N24) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched in October 1938. She was sunk by the German submarine U-4 on 10 April 1940 near Skudenes, Norway.