HMS Tradewind was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P329 at Chatham, and launched on 11 December 1942. As of 2021[update] she is the only ship of the Royal Navy to have been named Tradewind, after the trade winds.
She spent most of her wartime career operating against the Japanese in the Far East, attacking enemy shipping and laying mines. She sank nine Japanese sailing vessels, and two small unidentified Japanese vessels, a Japanese tug and the Japanese merchant tanker Takasago Maru. The Japanese merchant cargo vessel Kyokko Maru was sunk after hitting a mine laid by Tradewind.
Her most infamous sinking was of the Japanese army cargo ship Junyō Maru which was headed for Sumatra, on 18 September 1944. Unbeknown to the Commanding Officer of Tradewind, Lt.Cdr. Lynch Maydon, the Japanese ship was carrying 4,200 Javanese slave labourers and 2,300 Allied prisoners of war from Batavia to Padang. 5,620 people died in the sinking.[1]
Post-war serviceedit
Tradewind survived the war and was modified in July 1945-September 1946 to become an acoustic trials submarine, and used for tests. The modifications included the removal of external torpedo tubes and guns, the bridge was faired, the hull streamlined and some internal torpedo tubes blanked over. Measurements made using Tradewind were used to overhaul several of the T class boats to increase their ability to act stealthily against Soviet submarines and surface ships.
In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2] She was scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955.
tradewind, p329, tradewind, british, submarine, third, group, class, built, p329, chatham, launched, december, 1942, 2021, update, only, ship, royal, navy, have, been, named, tradewind, after, trade, winds, tradewind, p329history, united, kingdom, namehms, tra. HMS Tradewind was a British submarine of the third group of the T class She was built as P329 at Chatham and launched on 11 December 1942 As of 2021 update she is the only ship of the Royal Navy to have been named Tradewind after the trade winds HMS Tradewind P329History United Kingdom NameHMS Tradewind BuilderChatham Dockyard Laid down11 February 1942 Launched11 December 1942 Commissioned18 October 1943 IdentificationPennant number P329 FateScrapped 14 December 1955 Badge General characteristics Class and typeBritish T class submarine Displacement1 290 tons surfaced 1 560 tons submerged Length276 ft 6 in 84 28 m Beam25 ft 6 in 7 77 m Draught12 ft 9 in 3 89 m forward 14 ft 7 in 4 45 m aft PropulsionTwo shafts Twin diesel engines 2 500 hp 1 86 MW each Twin electric motors 1 450 hp 1 08 MW each Speed15 5 knots 28 7 km h surfaced 9 knots 20 km h submerged Range4 500 nautical miles at 11 knots 8 330 km at 20 km h surfaced Test depth300 ft 91 m max Complement61 Armament6 internal forward facing 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 100 mm deck gun 3 anti aircraft machine guns Contents 1 Second World War service 2 Post war service 3 References 4 Publications 5 External linksSecond World War service editShe spent most of her wartime career operating against the Japanese in the Far East attacking enemy shipping and laying mines She sank nine Japanese sailing vessels and two small unidentified Japanese vessels a Japanese tug and the Japanese merchant tanker Takasago Maru The Japanese merchant cargo vessel Kyokko Maru was sunk after hitting a mine laid by Tradewind Her most infamous sinking was of the Japanese army cargo ship Junyō Maru which was headed for Sumatra on 18 September 1944 Unbeknown to the Commanding Officer of Tradewind Lt Cdr Lynch Maydon the Japanese ship was carrying 4 200 Javanese slave labourers and 2 300 Allied prisoners of war from Batavia to Padang 5 620 people died in the sinking 1 Post war service editTradewind survived the war and was modified in July 1945 September 1946 to become an acoustic trials submarine and used for tests The modifications included the removal of external torpedo tubes and guns the bridge was faired the hull streamlined and some internal torpedo tubes blanked over Measurements made using Tradewind were used to overhaul several of the T class boats to increase their ability to act stealthily against Soviet submarines and surface ships In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 2 She was scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955 References edit HMS Tradewind Uboat net Souvenir Programme Coronation Review of the Fleet Spithead 15th June 1953 HMSO Gale and PoldenPublications editColledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 Hutchinson Robert 2001 Jane s Submarines War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day London HarperCollins ISBN 978 0 00 710558 8 OCLC 53783010 External links edithttp www royalnavy mod uk server show nav 2558 Archived 20 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Tradewind P329 amp oldid 1176013381, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
