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{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Talent}}

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|Ship fate=Scrapped, 1 February 1970
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|Ship class=[[British T class submarine]]
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|Ship displacement=*1,290 [[long ton|ton]]s surfaced
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*Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each
*Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
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|Ship speed=*15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced
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|Ship range=4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced
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|Ship armament=*6 internal forward-facing [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] torpedo tubes
*2 external forward-facing torpedo tubes
*2 external amidships rear-facing torpedo tubes
*1 external rear-facing torpedo tubes
*6 reload torpedoes
*[[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF 4 inch (100 mm)]] deck gun
*3 anti aircraft machine guns
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'''HMS ''Talent''''' was a British [[submarine]] of the third group of the [[British T class submarine|''T'' class]]. She was built as ''P337(S37)'' by [[Vickers Armstrong]], [[Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow]], and launched on 13 February 1945.  She was originally to have been named HMS ''Tasman'', but was this was changed to ''Talent'' after the previous [[HMS Talent (P322)|HMS ''Talent'']] was transferred to the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]], this may have also been the case due to confusion with [[HMNZS Tasman]] in Lyttelton, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-collections/places/hmnzs-tasman/|title=HMNZS Tasman|date=15 December 2015 |publisher=Torpedo Bay Navy Museum|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>

==Service==
''Talent'' saw little action, but still had an eventful career. Her first commission was spent in the Far East after which she returned to the UK. She then spent her commissions alternating between the home and mediterranean stations.  In 1953 she took part in the [[Fleet Review]] to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden</ref>

On 15 December 1954 she was involved in an accident, claiming four lives. She was washed out of drydock at Chatham Dockyard and not found until the following day. After this accident all caissons at Chatham that were on the river (tidal) were chained down to prevent them lifting and they were inspected more regularly to ensure that they were full of water.

She was reconstructed between 1954 and 1956, when she was streamlined and modified, including the removal of her 4-inch gun. She was then damaged in a collision while dived off the [[Isle of Wight]] on 8 May 1956. ''Talent'' was later used for a publicity trip around the south and east coasts of England in October 1960, being visited by over 33,000 people.

She was refitted at [[Malta]] between late 1960 and early 1961, and was thereafter active in the Mediterranean. She returned to the [[UK]] in May 1962 and was present at Portsmouth Navy Days in 1965.<ref>Programme, Portsmouth Navy Days, 28–30 August 1965, HMSO, p15</ref>  She was decommissioned on 19 December 1966<ref>{{cite news|title=Talent makes her last dive|newspaper=[[Navy News]]|date=January 1967|page=6|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/196701|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> and was finally scrapped at Troon, Scotland on 1 February 1970.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3530.html HMS Talent], Uboat.net</ref>

==References==
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==Publications==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | url = https://archive.org/details/janessubmarinesw0000hutc | url-access = registration | year = 2001 | location = [[London]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 }}

{{T class submarine}}
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[[Category:British T-class submarines of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness]]
[[Category:1945 ships]]
[[Category:World War II submarines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Cold War submarines of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1954]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1956]]