HMS ''Tudor'' was a British

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of the third group of the T class. She was built as ''P326'' at Devonport Dockyard, and launched on 23 September 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the

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to bear the name ''Tudor'', after the

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Service

''Tudor'' served in the Far East for much of her career in

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, where she sank five Japanese sailing vessels, four Japanese coasters, and another Japanese vessel, as well as an unidentified sailing vessel north of

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. During the war ''Tudor'' was adopted by the Borough of

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as part of ''

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''. The plaque from this adoption is held by the

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in Portsmouth. She survived World War II. On 23 April 1949, ''Tudor'' arrived at

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to begin a three-month tour in Canadian waters helping train Canadian surface vessels in anti-submarine warfare. ''Tudor'' returned to the UK in July 1949, relieved by . The submarine was sold for scrap on 1 July 1963 and

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