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HNLMS Zwaardvisch S-814 (ex Talent) |
Type: |
Submarine |
Class: |
T (Third Group) (UK) Zwaardvisch (Netherlands) |
Builder: |
Vickers Armstrong Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Hull Number: |
P-322 (UK) S-814 (Netherlands) |
Ordered: |
August 3, 1941 |
Commissioned: |
November 23, 1943
(Netherlands) |
Keel Laid: |
October 13, 1942 |
Decommissioned: |
December 11, 1962 |
Launched: |
July 17, 1943 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold to Jos. de Smedt July 12, 1963 and scrapped in Antwerp, Belgium in 1963. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
273' 3" |
Engines: |
2 x 6 cylinder diesels by Vickers |
Beam: |
26' 6" |
Motors: |
2 Laurence Scott |
Draft: |
14' 9" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Pres. Hull: |
N/A |
SHP: |
2,500 (diesels) / 1,450 (electric) |
Displacement Surfaced: |
1,090 std. / 1,219 full |
Speed Surfaced: |
15.75 knots |
Displacement Submerged: |
1,567 full |
Speed Submerged: |
8.75 knots |
Maximum Diving Depth: |
300' |
Range Surfaced: |
8,000 NM @ 10 knots |
Crew: |
61 (wartime up to 67) |
Range Submerged: |
N/A |
| Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
1 |
4"/45 (102mm) |
single mount |
13,840 yards @ 30° |
1 |
20mm AA |
single mount |
N/A |
2 |
.303 MG |
single mounts |
1,090 yards 500 RPM |
11 |
21" torpedo tubes |
8 fwd (2 external) 2 amidships external 1 aft external |
7,000 yards @ 40° (depending on type) |
Combat Victories |
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Date
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Name |
Type |
Tons
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Nationality
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Notes
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Aug. 18, 1944 |
Kim Hup Soen |
Junk |
48 |
Japan |
Sunk by gunfire |
Oct. 6, 1944 |
U-168 |
Submarine |
1,120 |
Germany |
Torpedoed |
Oct. 10, 1944 |
Koei Maru |
Coastal Vessel |
500 |
Japan |
Sunk by gunfire |
Oct. 15, 1944 |
Kaiyo Maru |
Coastal Vessel |
500 |
Japan |
Sunk by gunfire |
Oct. 14, 1944 |
Itsukushima |
Minelayer |
1,970 |
Japan |
Torpedoed |
Oct. 17, 1944 |
Wakataka (D) |
Aux. Minelayer |
1,600 |
Japan |
Damaged |
Apr. 25, 1945 |
Nomura |
Unknown |
40 |
Unknown |
Captured and sunk by charges |
Apr. 25, 1945 |
Albania |
Unknown |
30 |
Unknown |
Captured and sunk by charges |
Totals |
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Ships Sunk: |
7 |
4,208 |
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Ships Damaged: (D) |
1 |
1,600 |
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| *This list may not be complete. It is compiled from several published sources that credit Zwaardvisch with sinking the ships listed. |
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Commanders |
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Nov. 23, 1943 |
Mar. 23, 1945 |
Hendrikus A. W. Goossens |
Mar. 23, 1945 |
Sept. 15, 1945 |
Jan van Dappern |
Notes |
Laid down as an unnamed submarine pennant number P-322, planned name Talent. |
Never commissioned in the Royal Navy |
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Transferred to The Netherlands on Mar. 23, 1943. |
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In addition to the vessels listed the Zwaardvisch claims to have sunk 3 Junk's, two freighters and a tanker. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Nov. 2, 2008 |