HNLMS Zwaardvisch S-814 (ex Talent)

Type:
Submarine
Class:
T (Third Group) (UK)
Zwaardvisch (Netherlands)

Builder:
Vickers Armstrong Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Hull Number:
P-322 (UK)
S-814 (Netherlands)
Ordered:
August 3, 1941
Commissioned:
November 23, 1943 (Netherlands)
Keel Laid:
October 13, 1942
Decommissioned:
December 11, 1962
Launched:
July 17, 1943
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Sold to Jos. de Smedt July 12, 1963 and scrapped in Antwerp, Belgium in 1963.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
273' 3"
Engines:
2 x 6 cylinder diesels by Vickers
Beam:
26' 6"
Motors:
2 Laurence Scott
Draft:
14' 9"
Shafts:
2
Pres. Hull:
N/A
SHP:
2,500 (diesels) / 1,450 (electric)
Displacement
Surfaced:

1,090 std. / 1,219 full
Speed
Surfaced:
15.75 knots
Displacement
Submerged:
1,567 full
Speed
Submerged:
8.75 knots
Maximum
Diving Depth:
300'
Range
Surfaced:
8,000 NM @ 10 knots
Crew:
61
(wartime up to 67)
Range
Submerged:
N/A


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
1
4"/45 (102mm)
single mount
13,840 yards @ 30°
1
20mm AA
single mount
N/A
2
.303 MG
single mounts
1,090 yards
500 RPM

11
21" torpedo tubes
8 fwd (2 external)
2 amidships external
1 aft external
7,000 yards @ 40° (depending on type)


Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Aug. 18, 1944
Kim Hup Soen
Junk
48
Japan
Sunk by gunfire
Oct. 6, 1944
U-168
Submarine
1,120
Germany
Torpedoed
Oct. 10, 1944
Koei Maru
Coastal Vessel
500
Japan
Sunk by gunfire
Oct. 15, 1944
Kaiyo Maru
Coastal Vessel
500
Japan
Sunk by gunfire
Oct. 14, 1944
Itsukushima
Minelayer
1,970
Japan
Torpedoed
Oct. 17, 1944
Wakataka (D)
Aux. Minelayer
1,600
Japan
Damaged
Apr. 25, 1945
Nomura
Unknown
40
Unknown
Captured and sunk by charges
Apr. 25, 1945
Albania
Unknown
30
Unknown
Captured and sunk by charges
Totals
Ships Sunk:
7
4,208
Ships Damaged:
(D)

1
1,600
*This list may not be complete. It is compiled from several published sources that
credit Zwaardvisch with sinking the ships listed.


Commanders
Nov. 23, 1943
Mar. 23, 1945
Hendrikus A. W. Goossens
Mar. 23, 1945
Sept. 15, 1945
Jan van Dappern


Notes
Laid down as an unnamed submarine pennant number P-322, planned name Talent.
Never commissioned in the Royal Navy
Transferred to The Netherlands on Mar. 23, 1943.
In addition to the vessels listed the Zwaardvisch claims to have sunk 3 Junk's,
two freighters and a tanker.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Nov. 2, 2008