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HMS Tireless (1945) SS (1st) |
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This the first HMS Tireless was a 'T' Class conventionally powered
submarine authorized under the 1941 War Emergency Program and built at
Portsmouth Dockyard.
She was built at Portsmouth Dockyard, laid down on 30-Oct-1941, launched on 19-Mar-1943 and completed on 18-Apr-1945. With a standard displacement of 1,090 tons, HMS Tireless was 273 feet long and fitted with a 4 inch gun, 11 torpedo tubes and able to carry 17 torpedoes in total. She was propelled by diesel engines when on the surface and electric motors driven from her large battery when dived. After HMS Tireless was completed, she conducted a work up at Holy Loch, Scotland before leaving to join the British Pacific Fleet in early September 1945.
After a long passage through the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean HMS
Tireless arrived in Hong Kong on 19 November.
On completion of the refit, HMS Tireless was placed in ‘immediate
reserve’ - from which she was withdrawn in May 1948 to join the Second
Submarine Flotilla. During this period she visited Norway before returning
to Portland in July. She was with the Third Submarine Flotilla for 8 years, visiting many of the major European ports as well as carrying out many exercises with our NATO allies. Appeared at the Coronation Review 1953. She was then refitted for the third time and went back to the Second Submarine Flotilla in September 1958, where she stayed for 3 years before transferring to the First Submarine Flotilla in May 1961. In August 1963 HMS Tireless was paid off for disposal. Sold 20-Sep-1968 and broken up at Newport.
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13 January, 2013.
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