HMS Telemachus (P321)

HMS Telemachus
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Telemachus
Namesake	Telemachus
Ordered	3 August 1941
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow
Laid down	25 August 1942
Launched	19 June 1943
Commissioned	25 October 1943
Identification	Pennant number P321
Motto	Per me tutus (Latin: "Safe through me")
Honours and awards	Malaya 1944 Korea 1953
Fate	Scrapped 1 August 1961
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General characteristics
Class and type	British T-class submarine
Displacement	1,290 tons surfaced 1,560 tons submerged
Length	276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft
Propulsion	Two shafts Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed	15.5 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 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes 1 external rear-facing torpedo tube, aft 6 reload torpedoes QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun 3 anti aircraft machine guns

The second HMS Telemachus was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P321 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 19 June 1943. She served in Far Eastern waters for most of her wartime career, and was responsible for the sinking of the Japanese submarine I-166. Following the war she was deployed to Australia to operate with the Royal Australian Navy until 1959. She was scrapped in 1961.