| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | T |
| Pennant | P 317 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) : John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 23 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Apr 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales on 10 February 1967.
Commanding Officers: ??? (Dockyard control?) Lt. John Paton Fyfe, DSC, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Tally-Ho (P 317)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Leslie William Abel Bennington, DSC, DSO, RN | 25 Jan 1943 | Apr 1945 ? | |
| 2 | Lt. John Paton Fyfe, DSC, RN | 22 May 1945 | Oct 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Tally-Ho include:
10 Nov 1943
HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese water carrier Kisogawa Maru (1914 GRT) in the northern part of Malakka-Strait in position 06º12'N, 99º25'E. (see map)
11 Jan 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese light cruiser Kuma (offsite link) about 10 nautical miles north-west of Penang, Malaya in position 05º26'N, 99º52'E. (see map)
15 Jan 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the sinks Japanese army cargo ship Ryuko Maru (2963 GRT) south of Port Blair, Andaman Islands in position 10º03'N, 93º05'E. (see map)
14 Feb 1944
The German submarine UIT-23 was sunk in the Straits of Malacca south of Penang, in position 04º27'N, 100º11'E, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN). (see map)
21 Feb 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Daigen Maru No.6 (510 GRT) in the Strait of Malacca in position 04º00'N, 101º00'E. (see map)
14 May 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.
18 May 1944
The Japanese merchant tanker Nichiyoku Maru (1945 GRT) is damaged when she hits a mine laid on 14 May 1944 by the British submarine HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) in the Malacca Strait in position 03º41'N, 99º04'E. (see map)
22 Aug 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
24 Aug 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks three small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
4 Oct 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) damages a small Japanese motor vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
6 Oct 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 2 (130 tons) about 110 nautical miles south-west of Penang, Malaya in position 04º20'N, 98º24'E. (see map)
17 Nov 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks seven Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
18 Nov 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
20 Nov 1944
HMS Tally-Ho (Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, RN) sinks the Japanese auxiliary minelayer Ma 4 (215 tons) about 30 nautical miles east of the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island in position 06º55'N, 94º15'E. (see map)
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