HMS Tribune (N76)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tribune.
HMS Tribune
History
United Kingdom
Builder: Scotts, Greenock
Laid down: 3 March 1937
Launched: 8 December 1938
Commissioned: 17 October 1939
Fate: Sold to be broken up for scrap July 1947
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General characteristics
Class and type: British T class submarine
Displacement:
  • 1,090 tons surfaced
  • 1,575 tons submerged
Length: 275 ft (84 m)
Beam: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 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:
  • 15.25 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: 59
Armament:

HMS Tribune was a British T class submarine built by Scotts, Greenock. She was laid down on 3 March 1937 and was commissioned on 17 October 1939. HMS Tribune was part of the first group of T class submarines.

Career

Tribune started the war with operations in the North Sea and off the Scandinavian coast. She had a number of patrols, attacking an unidentified German submarine and merchant, the U-56, the German tanker Karibisches Meer and the German merchant Birkenfels, all without success.

HMS Tribune underway

In the Mediterranean, she damaged the French merchant Dalny, which was beached to prevent her from sinking, and then damaged the now beached Dalny the next day. She also torpedoed and damaged the German tanker Präsident Herrenschmidt, and attacked the Italian merchant Benevento, but failed to hit her.[1]

HMS Tribune survived the war, was sold for scrap in July 1947, and was broken up in November 1947 by Thos W Ward, of Milford Haven.

The making of the film "Close Quarters"

Filming aboard Tribune in 1943

HMS Tribune and crew starred in the British wartime propaganda film "Close Quarters" made in 1943, depicting a North Sea patrol off Norway. She was called "HMS Tyrant" in the film.

References

  1. ↑ HMS Tribune, Uboot.net
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Coordinates: 39°14′N 15°59′E / 39.233°N 15.983°E / 39.233; 15.983

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