Thames (N71)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | River 1 |
| Fate: | Struck a mine and sank off Norway on 2nd August 1940. |
Roll of Honour
| W Abrams | Petty Officer | ||
| F Arnold | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| W Baker | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||
| H Balshaw | Leading Steward | ||
| W Bantick | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| W Barford | Able Seaman | ||
| H Beach | Leading Seaman | ||
| E Bell | Leading Stoker | ||
| F Bird | Leading Seaman | ||
| C Blyth | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| R Clark | Petty Officer Telegraphist | ||
| A Cummings | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| H Cunningham | Leading Stoker | ||
| H Curtis | Petty Officer | ||
| E Dean | Leading Stoker | ||
| G Dennison | Able Seaman | ||
| B Dowling | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| W Dunkerley | Lieutenant Commander | ||
| A Dyer | Able Seaman | ||
| L Edwards | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| H Flower | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||
| F Geard | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| P Godtbill | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| L Hall | Leading Stoker | ||
| H G Harbert | Able Seaman | ||
| J Harker | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| L Harris | Able Seaman | ||
| J Hewett | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| J Hindson | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| W Howard | Able Seaman | ||
| D Irvine | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| A Johnston | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| F Kane | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| H Keyzar | Chief Engine Room Artificer | ||
| J Lee | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||
| R Millson | Able Seaman | ||
| E Moody | Able Seaman | ||
| F Morris | Lieutenant | ||
| H Mott | Chief Petty Officer | ||
| S Murgatroyd | Petty Officer | ||
| D Newell | Lieutenant | RNR | |
| R Owen | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||
| B O’Brian | Lieutenant Commander (E) | ||
| C Painter | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||
| J Parker | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||
| M Parratt | Able Seaman | ||
| A Peterson | Leading Signalman | ||
| T Ryan | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| G Shephardson | Able Seaman | ||
| A Southwell | Petty Officer Cook | ||
| J Stokes | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| W Stribbling | Telegraphist | ||
| F Talbot | Lieutenant | ||
| A Taylor | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| N Taylor | Telegraphist | ||
| E Tindall | Petty Officer Telegraphist | ||
| R Trebilcock | Leading Seaman | ||
| F Waite | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| C Weeks | Able Seaman | ||
| J Worrall | Lieutenant | RNR |
Events
| 06-01-1931 : | Laid Down |
| 26-01-1932 : | Launched |
| 14-09-1932 : | Completed |
| 26-07-1940 : | HMS Thames torpedoes and sinks the German torpedo boat Luchs in the North Sea. |
| 02-08-1940 : | HMS Thames was on her first war patrol when she went missing. She had sailed from Dundee on 22nd July to patrol in the North Sea. On the 22nd July Thames successfully attacked the German torpedo boat Luchs just west of the Skagerrak. The Luchs was acting as part of a screen for the battle cruiser Gneisenau, which is believed to been her original target, and that the Luchs had manoeuvred between the submarine and the battle cruiser just as the former fired her torpedoes. The shortened range and the ensuing explosions may have been the cause of the loss of the Thames although the favoured opinion is that the submarine struck a mine on the night of 2nd/3rd August. |
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