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Safari (P 211)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Lost on 1st August 1946 en route to shipbreakers

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Safari (P 211)
Safari (P 211)
Commanders
1941: Commander  Benajmin Bryant  
1943: Lieutenant  Richard Barklie Lakin  DSO DSC MID
1944: Lieutenant Commander  David Anthony Baily Adby  
1944: Lieutenant Commander  John Robert Garstin Harvey  
1945: Lieutenant Commander  Lennox William Napier  
1945: Lieutenant Commander  John Robert Garstin Harvey  

Ex P61

Events

05-06-1940 Laid Down
18-11-1941 Launched
14-03-1942 Completed
05-07-1942 HMS Safari damages the Italian merchant Tigrai with gunfire off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
12-07-1942 HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Adda with gunfire and one torpedo off Monte Santo, south of the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
16-08-1942 HMS Safari damages a sailing vessel with gunfire east of Sardinia.
17-08-1942 HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Ausonia with gunfire 11 nautical miles bearing 180 from Orosei, Sardinia.
18-08-1942 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Perseo near Cape Carbonara, 15 nautical miles south of Serpentara, Sardinia and later attacked the Italian submarine Bronzo.
02-10-1942 HMS Safari attacks and damages the Italian merchant Veglia off Korcula, Croatia. The damaged ship is later salvaged but delared a total loss.
05-10-1942 HMS Safari torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Eneo south of Sebenik, Yugoslavia. ship is later salvaged but delared a total loss.
10-10-1942 HMS Safari fires four torpedoes, but missed, against the Italian about 10 nautical miles south-east of Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
20-10-1942 The Titania (under tow following a previous attack by HMS Unbroken) is sunk early by HMS Safari east of Tunisia.
13-11-1942 HMS Safari sinks the Italian Bice with gunfire east of Sousa, Tunisia.
16-11-1942 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the German transport Hans Arp off Ras Ali, Libya.
17-11-1942 HMS Safari sinks the German barge F 346 with one torpedo near Misurata, Libya.
18-12-1942 HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eufrasia with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisa.
20-12-1942 HMS Safari torpedoes and heavily damages the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel F 139/Constantina in thbe Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia. The damaged Italian ship was declared a total loss.
21-12-1942 HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper Rosina S. about 5 nautical miles south of Hammamet, Tunisa.
27-12-1942 HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eleonora Rosa with gunfire about 10 nautical miles south of Sousa, Tunisia.
29-12-1942 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Torquato Gennari about 25 nautical miles south of Sfax, Tunisia.
30-01-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian ships Aniello and Gemma with gunfire of Cape Scalea, Italy.
02-02-1943 HMS Safari intercepts and Italian convoy off Isola di Capri and torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchants Valsavoia and Salemi.
09-03-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Stefano M. with gunfire off Cape San Vito.
03-04-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Nasello and the Italian fishing vessel S. Francisco di Paola A. with gunfire off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
09-04-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 295/Bella Italia with gunfire off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy.
10-04-1943 HMS Safari intercepts an Italian convoy and torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchants Loredan, Entella and the Italian tanker Isonzo near Cape Torre delle Stelle off Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
02-05-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian Sogliola with gunfire off Asinara Island, Italy.
06-05-1943 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper R 106/Onda off Asinara Island, Italy.
08-05-1943 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Peppino Palomba and torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Liv off Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy.
10-06-1943 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the German transport ship KT-12 off Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
18-07-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 47/Amalia with gunfire 16 nautical miles of Cape Comino, Sardinia, Italy.
19-07-1943 HMS Safari sinks the German barges Maria, Paula and the Italian armed yacht Margherita with gunfire in the port of Favone, Corsica, France.
20-07-1943 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian pilot vessel F 50/Silvio Onorato between Bastia and Maddalena.
22-07-1943 HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian minelayer Durazzo east of Corsica, France.
25-07-1943 HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper FR 70/La Coubre with torpedoes and gunfire west of Elba.
26-07-1943 HMS Safari fires three torpedoes at the French (German controlled) tanker Champagne off Piombino, Toscane, Italy. All torpedoes missed.
01-08-1946 Lost en route to shipbreakers
Comments

Comment by: David pearson on March 25, 2021

My father was helmsman on his safari and we have his diary entries for 1942/3 which match the entries above. He was awarded the DSM.

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