| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | T |
| Pennant | P 334 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom (Ladywood, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 20 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 9 Mar 1943 |
| Launched | 7 Jun 1944 |
| Commissioned | 8 Oct 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales on 8 August 1971. |
Commands listed for HMS Taciturn (P 334)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Edward Talbot Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN | 1 Nov 1944 | 28 Feb 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Taciturn include:
15 Jun 1945
HMS Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) sink a Japanese air warning picket hulk (this was the hulk of the salvaged former Dutch submarine K XVIII) and the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 105 (130 tons) with gunfire in the Madoera Strait to the north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
17 Jun 1945
HMS Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
At 1715 hours Taciturn sighted a 'Sugar Dog'. An enemy report was passed to HMS Thorough.
At 1731 hours Taciturn surfaced and opened fire at 4000 yards range. 10 rounds were fired when three minutes later Thorough surfaced right ahead of the fleeing target and quickly disposed of him. Taciturn hold her fire soon after Thorough surfaced.
At 1736 hours Taciturn submerged and resumed patrol. At 2018 hours Taciturn surfaced. Thorough surfaced soon after and both submarines headed to a position where Thorough could transfer 50 4" shells to Taciturn. At 2150 hours Taciturn stopped as Thorough closed for the transfer. Soon afterwards two vessels were sighted. At 2200 hours Thorough and Taciturn worked to get ahead of the two vessels, that were now identified as two southbound topsail schooners, it was decided that each submarine would investigate one of the schooners.
At 2225 hours Taciturn opened fire on 'her' schooner. When the target lowered her sails cease fire was ordered. At 2245 hours the schooner of about 70 tons was boarded. Cargo was found to consist of coal dust, shoes and rice. Two of the crew were selected to be taken on board the submarine for interrogation. The rest was allowed to make off in their canoe. A demolition charge was placed that went off at 2315 hours. The schooner sank soon afterwards.
Thorough had disposed of 'her' schooner in a similar way now closed for the transfer of the ammunition. Thorough set course for Australia and Taciturn resumed patrol.
1 Aug 1945
HMS Thorough (Lt. A.G. Chandler, RNR) and HMS Taciturn attack Japanese shipping and shore targets off northern Bali. Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire.
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