HMS Tantalus (S81)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 9.1 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1981
gptkbp:class T-class submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1956
Admiralty
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1956-01-01
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crewCapacity 60 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
1980-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
NATO_exercises
gptkbp:displacement 2,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 4.5 meters
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1979
1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1975
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Tantalus (S81)
gptkbp:launched 1955
gptkbp:length 76.7 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 76.7 meters
gptkbp:maximumDepth 300 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet Cold War era
gptkbp:nickname Tanty
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableOperations Cold_War_patrols
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:productionYears 1956-1980
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy Swiftsure-class submarines
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 24 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Tactician_(S82)
gptkbp:sonar Type 1007 sonar
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:supportRole Submarine_training
gptkbp:torpedoSystem gptkb:Mark_8_torpedoes
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Conventional submarine