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ZWAARDVIS submarines (1943-1945, 1944/1948)


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sister-ship HMS Tireless 1956 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Modification
Zwaardvis (ex-Talent) P322, O29, O3, S814 805 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 3/1943 17.7.1943 12.1943 stricken 12.1962 riveted pressure hull
Zeehond (ex-Tapir) O31, O5, S813 871 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 3.1943 21.8.1944 12.1944 // 6.1948 to United Kingdom 6.1953 (Tapir) welded pressure hull
Tijgerhaai (ex-Tarn) P336, O28, O2, S812 843 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 6/1943 29.11.1944 4.1945 stricken 9.1965 welded pressure hull


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1090

Displacement normal, t

1319 - 1327 / 1571

Length, m

83.3 - 83.4

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

4.47 - 4.52

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2500 / 1450

Max speed, kts

15.25 / 9

Fuel, t

Zwaardvis, Zeehond: diesel oil 129 - 132, maximally 215 - 218

Tijgerhaai: diesel oil 129 - 132

Endurance, nm(kts)

Zwaardvis, Zeehond: 11000(10) /

Tijgerhaai: 8000(10) /

Armament

Zwaardvis: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 11 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 ext bow, 3 ext stern, 17 torpedoes or 12 М2 mines)

Tijgerhaai: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XXII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 11 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 ext bow, 3 ext stern, 17 torpedoes or 12 M2 mines)

Zeehond: 1 x 1 - 102/40 S I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 11 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 ext bow, 3 ext stern, 17 torpedoes or 12 M2 mines)

Electronic equipment

type 286PW or type 267W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

61

Diving depth operational, m

Zwaardvis: 95

Zeehond, Tijgerhaai: 110



Standard scale images


<i>Zwaardvis</i> 1945
Zwaardvis 1945
<i>Tijgerhaai </i>1960
Tijgerhaai 1960


Graphics


sister-ship<i> </i> HMS <i>Tireless</i> 1956 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>  
sister-ship HMS Tireless 1956 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  


Project history

British T-class (3rd group) submarines, transferred to Dutch Navy even before completion. Under reached arrangement, it was planned to transfer three submarines of the given class, but finally only two were transferred, and instead of the third 2 submarines of U class were offered. Two another submarines of "T" class (2nd and 3rd series) were delivered in 1948 but soon in 1953 returned to UK. Zeehond was equipped by a snorkel

Modernizations

1961, Tijgerhaai: - 5 - 533 TT (2 ext bow, 3 ext stern), 12 torpedoes at all.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.