HMS ''Truncheon'' (pennant number P353) was a group three T Class submarine of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

which entered service in the last few months of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named ''Truncheon''. She was sold to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

in 1968 and commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps as INS ''Dolphin''.HMS Truncheon
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Career

As HMS ''Truncheon''

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 snorkel masts. ''Truncheon'' was sold to the

Israeli Navy The Israeli Navy ( he, חיל הים הישראלי, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'' (English: The Israeli Sea Corps); ar, البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in ...

in 1968, and renamed ''Dolphin''.

As INS ''Dolphin''

The submarine was purchased by Israel in 1968. Two of her T-class sisters, HMS ''Turpin'' and HMS ''Totem'', were also sold to Israel. She was commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in 1968. She was eventually scrapped in 1977. By the time of her decommissioning, she was the only ''T'' class submarine in service in the world. The lead boat of the new commissioned in 1999 carried on the name ''Dolphin''.

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* * British T-class submarines of the Royal Navy Ships built in Plymouth, Devon 1944 ships World War II submarines of the United Kingdom British T-class submarines of the Israeli Navy {{UK-mil-submarine-stub