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| Ship draft= | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*Two shafts- Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each
- Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
| Ship sail plan= | Ship speed=*15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced- 9 knots (20 km/h) submerged
| Ship range=4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced | Ship endurance= | 300|ft|m|abbr=on}} max | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=61 | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=- 6 internal forward-facing {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on|0}} torpedo tubes
- 2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes
- 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 6 reload torpedoes
- 1 x {{convert|4|inch|mm|adj=on|0}} deck gun
- 3 anti aircraft machine guns
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}} | HMS Tactician was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P314 by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, and launched on 29 July 1942. ServiceTactician served in the Mediterranean and the Far East during her wartime career. Whilst operating against the Italians, she sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V17 / Pia and the Italian sailing vessel Bice. She also torpedoed and damaged the Italian merchant Rosandra off the coast of Albania. The ship sank the following day. On being transferred to the Pacific, commanded by Lt. Cdr. Anthony Collett, DSC, she continued to harass enemy shipping, sinking a small Japanese vessel and two Siamese sailing vessels before the end of the war. She took part in Operation Cockpit, where she rescued a downed US airman, Lt. D. C. Klahn, under fire.[1] A newsreel dated 1952[2] shows Tactician taking part in an exercise in the Sea of Japan. In it, the submarine is seen diving.[3] Tactician survived the war and continued in service with the navy, finally being scrapped at Newport on 6 December 1963.[4] See also - List of submarines of the Royal Navy
- British T class submarine
References1. ^- 1053.html army myitkyina airfield 1944 1053 Flight Archive
2. ^Pathe newsreel dated 1952
3. ^{{Citation | author1=Green, Allan C | title=HMS. TACTICIAN | publication-date=1953 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167157771 | accessdate=28 December 2018 }}
4. ^HMS Tactician, Uboat.net
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- {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | year = 2001 | location = London | publisher = HarperCollins | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }}
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