Allied Warships

HMS Telemachus (P 321)

Submarine of the T class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassT 
PennantP 321 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Aug 1942 
Launched19 Jun 1943 
Commissioned25 Oct 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Charlestown on 28 August 1961.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. William Donald Aelian King, DSO, DSC, RN
21 July 1943 - 20 August 1945
DSO and Bar awarded on 16 January 1945

Lt. Paul Charles Chapman, DSO, DSC, RN
20 August 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy list.

 

Commands listed for HMS Telemachus (P 321)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. William Donald Aelian King, DSO, DSC, RN21 Jul 194320 Aug 1945
2Lt. Paul Charles Chapman, DSC, DSO, RN20 Aug 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Telemachus include:


17 Jul 1944
HMS Telemachus (Cdr. W.D.A. King, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese submarine I-166 (1635 tons, offsite link) in the Strait of Malacca in position 01º10'N, 103º45'E. (see map)

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