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HMS Torbay (N79)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Torbay.
HMS Torbay (N79) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 9 April 1940.
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Name | HMS Torbay |
Namesake | Torbay |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 21 November 1938 |
Launched | 9 April 1940 |
Commissioned | 14 January 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number N79 |
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Class and type | T-class submarine |
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Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught | 16.3 ft (5.0 m) |
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Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) surfaced |
Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) max |
Complement | 59 |
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Torbay had an active career, serving mainly in the Mediterranean, although she also served in the Pacific Far East at the end of the war.
Altogether she sank 17 merchant ships, totalling 38,000 tons, plus 5 warships and 24 sailing vessels, and was involved in an attack on Corfu harbour that won her captain, Lieutenant Commander (Lt. Cdr.) Anthony Miers, the Victoria Cross.
Torbay was also involved in two incidents of war crimes.[1]