HMS ''Teredo'' was a British

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

of the third group of the ''T'' class. She was built as ''P338'' at

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, Barrow and launched on 27 April 1945. So far she has been the only ship of the

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to bear the name ''Teredo'', possibly after a mollusc, the

shipworm The shipworms, also called teredo worms or simply teredo (, via Latin ), are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae, a group of saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies. They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventual ...

, of that name. Commissioned after the end of the

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, ''Teredo'' had a relatively peaceful career. Gordon Tait commanded her in 1947 to 1948. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She was finally scrapped at

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, Wales on 5 June 1965.HMS Teredo
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