HMS ''Tactician'' was a British

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of the third group of the T class. She was built as ''P314'' by

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, Barrow, and launched on 29 July 1942.

Service

''Tactician'' served in the

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and the Far East during her wartime career. Whilst operating against the Italians, she sank the Italian auxiliary

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V17/''Pia'' and the Italian sailing vessel ''Bice''. She also torpedoed the Italian merchant vessel ''Rosandra'' off the coast of Albania; sinking her the following day. On being transferred to the Pacific, commanded by Lt. Cdr. Anthony Collett,

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, she continued to harass enemy shipping, sinking a small Japanese vessel and two

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ese sailing vessels before the end of the war. She took part in

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, where she rescued a downed US airman under fire. A newsreel dated 1952 shows ''Tactician'' taking part in a

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in the

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. In it, the submarine is seen diving. ''Tactician'' survived the war and continued in service with the navy, finally being

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at Newport on 6 December 1963.HMS Tactician
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