*British, WW2, HMS Tempest – Original Photograph and Triton Class Submarine Model*
Approximate Dimensions:
Model: 23.7cm x 2.5cm wide x2.6cm tall
Photograph: 24.2cm x 14.6cm
An unnamed WW2 model of a Submarine, likely Triton Class. Accompanied by an original photograph of HMS Tempest, a British T-class submarine. This photograph originally formed part of the Lou Britton British Submarine Collection, which was acquired by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport in 2007.
HMS Tempest (N86) was a Group 2 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird & Co. in Birkenhead and launched in June 1941. She operated in the Mediterranean until 13 February 1942, when she was sunk by the Spica-class torpedo boat “Circe” of the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) during a patrol in the Gulf of Taranto.
The T-class submarines, designed in the 1930s, were the Royal Navy’s standard ocean patrol submarines. Of 53 built, they were active in the North Sea, Mediterranean, and Far East, despite limited opportunities to disrupt German shipping early in the war due to heavily mined waters and scarce targets.
*Condition*
Good used condition. Minor marks to the model commensurate with age and service. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.
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