HMS Truant (N68) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Truant (N68) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched on the 5 May 1939. Truant had a relatively active career, serving in the main naval theatres of war, Home waters, the Mediterranean and the Pacific Far East. Truant's first major victory came when she torpedoed and damaged the German light cruiser Karlsruhe, which disabled both engines and power stations. The Karlsruhe had to be scuttled with two torpedoes by the German torpedo boat Greif.