HMS Truncheon (P353)

HMS "Truncheon" (pennant number P353) was a group three T Class submarine of the Royal Navy which entered service in the last few months of World War II. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named "Truncheon". She was sold to Israel in 1967 and commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in 1968 as INS "Dolphin" [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3527.html HMS Truncheon] , Uboot.net]

Career

As HMS "Truncheon"

At the end of the war, all surviving Group 1 and Group 2 boats were scrapped, but the group 3 boats (which were of welded rather than riveted construction) were retained and fitted with snort masts.

"Truncheon" was sold to the Israeli Navy in 1967, and renamed "Dolphin".

As INS "Dolphin"

The submarine was purchased by Israel, along with two of her T-class sisters, in 1965, HMS "Turpin" and HMS "Totem". She was commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in 1967.

She was eventually scrapped in 1977. By the time of her decommissioning, she was the only "T" class submarine in service in the world.

Footnotes

* "Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson
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