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HMS Templar (P 316)

Submarine of the T class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassT 
PennantP 316 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Dec, 1941 
Launched26 Oct, 1942 
Commissioned15 Feb, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySunk as a target in Loch Striven, Scotland in 1954. Salvaged on 4 December 1958. Arrived at Troon, Scotland on 19 July 1959 to be scrapped.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Denis John Beckley, DSC, RN
1 January 1943 - 10 April 1944

Lt. T.G. Ridgeway, RN
10 April 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy list 


Noteable events involving Templar include:

27 Jan, 1944
The Japanese light cruiser Kitakami (offsite link) was torpedoed and damaged by two torpedoes from HMS Templar. (Lt. D.J. Beckley, DSO, RN) in the Malacca Strait south west off Penang in position 04º54'N, 98º28'E. (see map)

29 May, 1944
HMS Templar (Lt. T.G. Ridgeway, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Tyokai Maru (2658 GRT) in Strait of Malacca. (see map)

4 Jun, 1944
HMS Templar (Lt. T.G. Ridgeway, RN) lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.

Between 1615 and 1845 hours (time zone -6.5) 12 mines were laid in minefield M.L.O. 8.

At 1850 hours Templar surfaced in position 04.16'N, 100.27'E. (see map)

16 Jul, 1944
HMS Templar (Lt. T.G. Ridgeway, RN) misses the German submarine U-1062 with torpedoes north of Sumatra. U-1062 had departed Penang bound for Europe the previous day.

At 1345 hpurs (time zone -6.5), while Templar was in position 07º03'N, 96º00'E, the conning tower of a submarine was sighted about 8 nautical miles away, an attack was commenced.

At 1429 hours eight torpedoes were fired from 4000 yards that all missed. (see map)


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