HMS Torbay

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
deck gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Vickers_Armstrongs
gptkbp:class T-class submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:crew gptkb:Captain_Richard_Green
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:crew_size 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 1964
gptkbp:defeated enemy ships
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
1963
Far_East
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 1,400 tons
gptkbp:famous_for intelligence gathering
anti-submarine warfare
covert operations
training exercises
patrols_in_the_Mediterranean
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance Cold War era
post-war naval strategy
submarine warfare tactics
British_naval_history
submarine_technology_development
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Torbay
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 85.3 meters
gptkbp:missions gptkb:Operation_Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Neptune
Operation Grapple
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Torpedo_Bay
gptkbp:notable_event successful missions
first patrol
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Tactician
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
multiple captains
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Tallyho
gptkb:HMS_Tactician
gptkb:HMS_Tigris
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status historic vessel