HMS Telemachus (P321)

	HMS Telemachus
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Telemachus
Namesake	Telemachus
Ordered	3 August 1941
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
Laid down	25 August 1942
Launched	19 June 1943
Commissioned	25 October 1943
Identification	Pennant number P321
Motto	Per me tutus (Latin: "Safe through me")
Honours and; awards	Malaya 1944; Korea 1953;
Fate	Scrapped 1 August 1961
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General characteristics
Class & type	British T-class submarine
Displacement	1,290 tons surfaced; 1,560 tons submerged;
Length	276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 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	15.5 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	61
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 tube, aft; 6 reload torpedoes; QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun; 3 anti aircraft machine guns;

The second HMS Telemachus was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P321 by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, and launched on 19 June 1943. She served in Far Eastern waters for most of her wartime career, and was responsible for the sinking of the Japanese submarine I-166. Following the war she was deployed to Australia to operate with the Royal Australian Navy until 1959. She was scrapped in 1961.