HMS Truculent (P315) HMS Truculent (P315) HMS "Truculent" was a British submarine of the third group of the "T" class. She was built as "P315" by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 12 September 1942. "Truculent" was lost following a post-war accident with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary in January 1950. "Truculent" spent much of her World War II wartime service in the Pacific Far East, except for a period in early 1943, operating in home waters. Here, she sank the German submarine U-308, which was on her first war patrol, with all hands. She also took part in Operation
History of the oil tanker by other navies. One example of this is the Australian fleet oiler which provided underway replenishment services in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy from 1917 to 1919. During World War I, unrestricted submarine warfare caused a shortage of tankers. The United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, Walter Hines Page, wrote ""The submarines are sinking freight ships faster than freight ships are being built by the whole world. In this way, too, then, the Germans are succeeding. Now if this goes on long enough, the Allies' game is up. For instance, they have lately sunk so many fuel oil ships,