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

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which entered service in the last few months of

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

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in 1968 and commissioned into the

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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 (, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'', ; ) is the Israel Defense Forces#Arms, naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea th ...

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''.

Footnotes

* * 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