Zwaardvis 1945
Tijgerhaai 1960
| Name | No | Yard no | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| riveted pressure hull | |||||||
| Zwaardvis (ex-Talent) | P322, O29, O3, S814 | 805 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 3/1943 | 17.7.1943 | 12.1943 | stricken 12.1962 |
| welded pressure hull | |||||||
| Zeehond (ex-Tapir) | O31, O5, S813 | 871 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 3.1943 | 21.8.1944 | 12.1944 // 6.1948 | to United Kingdom 6.1953 (Tapir) |
| Tijgerhaai (ex-Tarn) | P336, O28, O2, S812 | 843 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 6/1943 | 29.11.1944 | 4.1945 | stricken 9.1965 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1090 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1319 - 1327 / 1571 |
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Length, m |
83.3 - 83.4 |
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Breadth, m |
8.10 |
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Draught, m |
4.47 - 4.52 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
2500 / 1450 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.25 / 9 |
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Fuel, t |
Zwaardvis, Zeehond: diesel oil 129 - 132, maximally 215 - 218 Tijgerhaai: diesel oil 129 - 132 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
Zwaardvis, Zeehond: 11000(10) / Tijgerhaai: 8000(10) / |
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Armament |
Zwaardvis: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 11 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 ext bow, 3 ext stern, 17 torpedoes or 12 �2 mines) Tijgerhaai: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XXII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 11 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 ext bow, 3 ext stern, 17 torpedoes or 12 M2 mines) Zeehond: 1 x 1 - 102/40 S I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 11 - 533 TT (6 bow, 2 ext bow, 3 ext stern, 17 torpedoes or 12 M2 mines) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 286PW or type 267W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars |
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Complement |
61 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
Zwaardvis: 95 Zeehond, Tijgerhaai: 110 |
Project history: British T-class (3rd group) submarines, transferred to Dutch Navy even before completion. Under reached arrangement, it was planned to transfer three submarines of the given class, but finally only two were transferred, and instead of the third 2 submarines of U class were offered. Two another submarines of "T" class (2nd and 3rd series) were delivered in 1948 but soon in 1953 returned to UK. Zeehond was equipped by a snorkel
Modernizations: 1961, Tijgerhaai: - 5 - 533 TT (2 ext bow, 3 ext stern), 12 torpedoes at all.
Naval service: No significant events.
sister-ship HMS Tireless 1956
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
� Ivan Gogin, 2011-15