- HMS Talent (P337)
HMS "Talent" was a British
submarine of the third group of the "T" class. She was built as "P337" byVickers Armstrong , Barrow, and launched on29 July 1942 . She was originally to have been named HMS "Tasman", but was this was changed to "Talent" after the previous HMS "Talent" was transferred to theRoyal Netherlands Navy .ervice
"Talent" saw little action, but still had an eventful career. On
15 December 1954 she was swept out of drydock at Chatham Dockyard when the dock gate lifted. Thick fog, night-fall and high tides hampered the search and rescue operations. She was not found until next day when it became clear that the accident had claimed four lives. She was reconstructed in 1955. She was then damaged in a collision while dived off theIsle of Wight on8 May 1956 . "Talent" was later used for a month-long publicity trip around the south and east coasts of England in October 1960, when she was visited by over 33,000 people.She was refitted at
Malta between late 1960 and early 1961, and was thereafter active in the Mediterranean. She returned to theUK in May 1962 and was decommissioned in 1966. She was finally scrapped at Troon, Scotland on1 February 1970 . [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3530.html HMS Talent] , Uboot.net]References
*"Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson
*Colledge
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