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Dates: 1940 - 1946 Part of 1st Group of “T” Class Submarines and second of this Class ordered from HM Dockyard, Chatham on 15th June 1938 and laid down on 21st November 1938. This submarine was launched on 9th April 1940 as the 5th RN vessel to bear the name, introduced in 1693 for a 2nd Rate 80 Gun ship . The last to carry the name was a destroyer built in 1918 and transferred to Canada as HMCS CHAMPLAIN in 1928. Build was completed on 14th January and Pennant Number for visual signalling purposes had been changed to 79T. Acceptance Trials were carried out in the Clyde After a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign This boat was adopted by the civil community of Paignton, Devon in February 1942. This submarine which survived WW2 was probably the most successful and best known off all Chatham built submarines and had very extensive world wide deployments.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Torbay
" Hi Helen have I got news for you!! I was out in Plymouth the other night with a bunch from HMS Torbay, and I overheard one of them talking to a guy who said he was on Tireless. So me being sticky-beaked went over in my drunken state and asked about Pengy. He said he DOES know him!!! So he is ..."
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" Aircraft Carriers. Ship Name, Launch Date, Displacement, Total Crew. HMS Invincible 1977--22,000--1051. HMS Illustrious 197--22,000--1051. HMS Ark Royal 1981--22,000--1051. Amphibious Assault Ships Ship. HMS Ocean 1995--20,700--265. HMS Albion 2001--18,500--363. HMS Bulwark ..."
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" HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane has suffered a number of major safety breaches over the last few years including radioactive leaks according to a new report. A report collated by MoD and released under the Freedom of Information act detailed a number of safety problems that have occurred at the ..."
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85 people in our World War 2 records 
1 people in our Pre Napoleonic records
96 people in our Forces Reunited records
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