HMS Tern (S44)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1970
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1944
gptkbp:communicationEquipment HF_and_VHF_radio
gptkbp:crewSize 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 1968
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 1,600 tons
1,800 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1966
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Devonport
gptkbp:firstPublished 1952
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Tern (S44)
gptkbp:launchDate 1943
gptkbp:length 76.7 meters
gptkbp:maximumDepth 300 meters
gptkbp:nickname Tern
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Captain_David_White
gptkb:Captain_Richard_Jones
gptkb:Captain_Michael_Green
gptkb:Captain_Robert_Black
gptkb:Captain_Charles_Grey
gptkbp:notableEvent served_in_the_Cold_War
gptkbp:operates gptkb:NATO_forces
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Grapple
gptkbp:productionYears 1944-1968
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 293 radar
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy nuclear submarines
gptkbp:secondaryMission training exercises
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Trawler_(S45)
gptkbp:sonar Type 100 sonar
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Tactician_(S91)
gptkbp:supportRole submarine training
gptkbp:torpedoSystem gptkb:Mark_VIII_torpedoes
gptkbp:type T-class submarine