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HMS Tempest
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tempest
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Laid down	6 June 1940
Launched	10 June 1941
Commissioned	6 December 1941
Identification	Pennant number N86
Fate	Sunk 13 February 1942
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General characteristics
Class and type	British T class submarine
Displacement	1,090 tons surfaced 1,575 tons submerged
Length	275 ft (84 m)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	16.3 ft (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Two shafts Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed	15.25 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (20 km/h) submerged
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
Armament	6 internal forward-facing 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes 3 external backward-facing torpedo tubes 6 reload torpedoes 1 x 4-inch (102 mm) deck gun 3 anti-aircraft machine guns

HMS Tempest (N86) was a T-class submarine of the——Royal Navy. She was laid down by, Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched in June 1941, serving in the Mediterranean theatre until 13 February 1942, when she was sunk by the Regia Marina while on patrol the Gulf of Taranto.

References※

Sources※

• Colledge, "J." J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) ※. 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.

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