Allied Warships

HMS Truncheon (P 353)

Submarine of the T class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassT 
PennantP 353 
Built byDevonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.) 
Ordered30 May 1942 
Laid down5 Nov 1942 
Launched22 Feb 1944 
Commissioned25 May 1945 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to Israeli Navy in 1968 and renamed Dolphin. Scrapped in 1977.  

Commands listed for HMS Truncheon (P 353)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Julian Clutterbuck, DSO, RN15 Dec 1944mid 1946

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Noteable events involving Truncheon include:


19 May 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Plymouth for Holy Loch.

21 May 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Holy Loch for a period of trials and training.

22 Jun 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Holy Loch for Scapa Flow.

22 Jun 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Scapa Flow.

8 Jul 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Scapa Flow for Holy Loch.

9 Jul 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Holy Loch.

7 Sep 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Holy Loch for the Far East. The first leg of the trip is to Gibraltar.

12 Sep 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Gibraltar.

13 Sep 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Gibraltar for Malta.

17 Sep 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Malta.

22 Sep 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Malta for Port Said.

27 Sep 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Port Said.

5 Oct 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) passes the Suez Canal and starts her trip to Aden.

10 Oct 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) arrives at Aden.

13 Oct 1945
HMS Truncheon (A/Lt.Cdr. R.J. Clutterbuck, DSO, RN) departs Aden bound for Colombo. From Colombo she goes to Singapore.

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The T-class Submarine

Kemp, Paul J.

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