- Operational Service
- Commanding officers
- References
- Publications
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| Ship depth= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*Two shafts- Twin diesel engines {{convert|2,500|hp|MW|abbr=on|lk=in}} each
- Twin electric motors {{convert|1,450|hp|MW|abbr=on}} each
| 15.5|kn|km/h}} surfaced- {{convert|9|kn|km/h}} submerged
| 4,500|nmi|km}} at {{convert|11|kn|km/h}} surfaced | Ship endurance= | 300|ft|m|abbr=on}} max | Ship complement=61 | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*6 internal forward-facing 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes- 2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes
- 2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes
- 6 reload torpedoes
- QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun
- 3 anti-aircraft machine guns
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Tireless, a Taciturn- or T-class submarine, was the first ship of the Royal Navy to bear that name. She was authorized under the 1941 War Emergency Program and her keel was laid down on 30 October 1941 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was launched on 19 March 1943 and was completed on 18 April 1945. Operational ServiceCommissioned on 18 April 1945, towards the end of the Second World War, Tireless operated in the Far East between late 1945 and 1946 and then in home waters.[1] In 1951 she was the first of her class to be streamlined at HM Naval Dockyard, Devonport. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1] By the late 1950s she was again modernised at Chatham Dockyard. In 1959 Tireless was part of the Home Fleet and took part in 'Navy Days' in Portsmouth during that year.[2] Beginning in 1960, the submarine was the first command of future Adm. Sandy Woodward, who led Royal Navy forces in the South Atlantic during the 1982 Falklands War. She remained in service until August 1963 when she was put on the sale list. She was broken up during 1968.[3] Commanding officers| From | To | Captain | | 1944 | 1946 | Lieutenant Commander (Acting) M L C Crawford DSC* RN | | 1952 | 1953? | Lieutenant Commander P R Wood DSC* RN | | 1959 | 1959 | Lieutenant A D C Lund RN | | 1960 | 1961? | Lieutenant Commander Sandy Woodward RN | |
References1. ^Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
2. ^Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth 28-30th March 1959, HMSO
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3511.html |title=HMS Tireless (P 327) |publisher=uboat.net |accessdate=20 June 2015}}
Publications- {{Colledge}}
- {{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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