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HMS Tiptoe underway on 3 June 1944
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| History |
 United Kingdom |
| Name |
HMS Tiptoe |
| Ordered |
22 December 1941 |
| Builder |
Vickers Armstrong, Barrow |
| Laid down |
10 November 1942 |
| Launched |
25 February 1944 |
| Commissioned |
10 May 1944 |
| Motto |
Per Silentium Persequimur |
Honours and
awards |
Malaya 1945[1] |
| Fate |
Sold 1971, scrapped 1975. |
| Badge |
 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type |
T-class submarine (Group III) |
| Displacement |
- 1,327 long tons (1,348 t) surfaced
- 1,571 long tons (1,596 t) submerged
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| Length |
273 ft (83.2 m) |
| Beam |
25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Draught |
- 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) forward
- 14 ft 7 in (4.4 m) aft
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| Propulsion |
- 2 diesel engines 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) each
- 2 electric motors 1,450 hp (1,081 kW) each
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| Speed |
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced
- 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h) submerged
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| Range |
4,500 nmi (8,334 km; 5,179 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced |
| Test depth |
350 ft (107 m) max |
| Complement |
63 |
| Armament |
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HMS Tiptoe (pennant number P332) was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 25 February 1944. She was one of two submarines named by Winston Churchill, and so far has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named Tiptoe. In 1955 she was involved in a collision with a coastal steamer whilst in Tromsø harbour. She was involved in escape trials off Malta in 1962, and the commanding officer was reprimanded in 1964 following an incident in the Firth of Clyde where she was run aground, and again in 1965 when she collided with HMS Yarmouth. Although originally named for the ability to sneak up on someone undetected, she maintained several links with ballet, including the Royal Ballet and ballet dancer Moira Shearer. She was scrapped at Portsmouth in 1975, while her anchor is on display in Blyth, Northumberland.
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