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INS Leviathan (1943)
HMS ''Turpin'' (pennant number P354) was one a group three British T-class submarine, T-class submarines of the Royal Navy which entered service in the last few months of World War II. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named ''Turpin''. She was sold to Israel in 1965 and commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in 1967 as INS ''Leviathan''. Construction ''Turpin'' was Keel laying, laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 24 May 1943, was Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 5 August 1944 and completed on 18 December 1944 (although she had already been commissioned on 1 October that year). ''Turpin'' was a Group 3 T-class submarine, of all-welded construction. Career As HMS ''Turpin'' At the end of the war, all surviving Group 1 and Group 2 boats were scrapped, but the group 3 boats (which were of welded rather than riveted construction) were retained and fitted with Submarine snorkel, snort masts. In 1955, ''Turpin'' was inside the arctic circle on an ELINT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Turpin may refer to: People Given name *Tilpin, a name later corrupted as Turpin, Roman Catholic bishop in 8th-century France *Turpin of Brechin, 12th-century bishop of Brechin, Scotland *Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian and academic Surname *Barbara Turpin, American atmospheric scientist *Ben Turpin (1869–1940), American comedian *Charles Murray Turpin (1878–1946), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania *Clément Turpin (born 1982), French football referee *David and Louise Turpin, an American couple arrested in 2018 for child abuse *David H. Turpin (born 1956), Canadian academic *Dick Turpin (died 1739), English highwayman *Dick Turpin (boxer) (1920–1990), English boxer *Dominique Turpin (born 1957); French/Swiss academic *Edmund Hart Turpin (1835–1907), British organist, composer and choir leader *Eugène Turpin (1848–1927), French chemist *François Henri Turpin (1709–1799), French writer *Franck Turpin (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
