RN · SS
Tradewind
Photos and infoT-class submarine, third group, pennant P329. The name is the trade wind. Chatham Dockyard. Launched 11 December 1942 as P329, commissioned 18 October 1943. Lieutenant Commander Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon had her when she sank Junyo Maru on 18 September 1944. She did not know the cargo was prisoners. Not sunk. Scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
|---|---|
| Hull | P329 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Launched | 1942-12-11 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. Not sunk. On 18 September 1944 she sank the cargo ship Junyo Maru off Sumatra. She did not know that ship was carrying prisoners. Survived the war. Scrapped at Charlestown on 14 December 1955. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Tradewind at a buoy in the Medway, October 1943. Royal Navy official photograph, Imperial War Museum FL 8677. Public domain.
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