Salmon (N65)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S Group 2 |
| Fate: | This Submarine sailed for a North Sea patrol on 4th July 1940 and was expected to return to base on 14th July 1940. The Submarine is thought to have been sunk, ‘with all hands’, after hitting a mine in position 57˚22’N 05˚00’E on 9th July 1940. |
Salmon (N65)
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Anderson, Frederick Cyril | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 79744 | 30 | |
| Baker, Philip Denis Edward | Petty Officer | P/JX 13074 | 28 | |
| Barron, Kenneth | Petty Officer | C/JX 129635 | DSM | |
| Baugh, Walter John | Leading Stoker | C/KX 81010 | DSM | 27 |
| Bickford, Edward Oscar | Commander (CO) | DSO | 30 | |
| Boulton, Johnn Robert Alfred | Able Seaman | P/JX 13845 | 23 | |
| Brooks, William | Leading Stoker | D/KX 87165 | 27 | |
| Burges, John Herman | Able Seaman | C/J 115126 | 30 | |
| Cawthra, George | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 85885 | DSM | 24 |
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| Cooke, Thomas | Able Seaman | D/J 93031 | 37 | |
| Davis, William Leonard | Warrant Engineer | 32 | ||
| Dixon, George | Leading Stoker | C/KX 81890 | 27 | |
| Durcan, Albert Patrick | Petty Officer | D/J 87456 | 38 | |
| Fear, William John | Leading Stoker | P/KX 84937 | 24 | |
| Fuller, William Matthew | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | C/M 39443 | 30 | |
| Gomm, Jack Edmund | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 87050 | 22 | |
| Gyngell, John James | Leading Seaman | D/J 115240 | 30 | |
| Hall, Peter Edward | Able Seaman | P/J 97373 | 37 | |
| Hancock, Robin Hugh Meliss | Lieutenant | DSC | 23 | |
| Harrison, Arthur Albert George | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | P/M 33227 | 37 | |
| Harrison, Squire | Leading Seaman | P/JX 15327 | 22 | |
| Hill, Norman James | Chief Engine Room Artificer | P/M 39366 | DSM | 30 |
| Holmes, Cecil William | Petty Officer | C/J 109242 | 32 | |
| Holmes, James | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | P/MX 47758 | 27 | |
| Howe, Edward Hibbitt | Able Seaman | C/SSX 1824 | 22 | |
| Lancaster, Owen Felton | Warrant Engineer | DSC | ||
| Lushmore, William Arthur | Electrical Artificer 1st Class | |||
| Mallett, Robert George | Leading Telegraphist | D/JX 13451 | 25 | |
| O'Mahoney, Michael | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 86213 | 23 | |
| Ottignon, Charles Vivian | Able Seaman | C/JX 14439 | 20 | |
| Palmer, George | Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist | P/J 39553 | 41 | |
| Paterson, Edward | Able Seaman | D/S 106628 | 32 | |
| Power, Louis | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 83674 | 26 | |
| Rawlings, Henry Charles Edward | Leading Seaman | C/JX 13579 | 25 | |
| Skelt, Kenneth Douglas | Lieutenant | 21 | ||
| Spittles, Eric Victor | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 92540 | 20 | |
| Stroud, Robert Patrick | Leading Telegraphist | C/J 109409 | 31 | |
| Summers, Owen Jack | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | P/MX 54082 | 24 | |
| Swallow, Alfred Charles | Leading Stoker | D/KX 81568 | 27 | |
| Taylor, William George | Petty Officer | J70915 | DSM, MiD | |
| Walden, Raymond Barry | Telegraphist | C/JX 13999 | 22 | |
| Walker, Maurice William | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 13756 | 24 | |
| Whittaker, Edward | Leading Signalman | D/JX 13245 | DSM | 27 |
| Williams, Leonard Primrose | Leading Seaman | P/JX 13059 | 28 | |
| Worsfold, Thomas Henry | Petty Officer | J102503 | DSM, MiD | |
| Wykeham-Martin, Maurice Fairfax | Lieutenant | DSC | 27 | |
Events
| 15-06-1933 : | Laid Down |
| 30-04-1934 : | Launched |
| 08-03-1935 : | Completed |
| 04-12-1939 : | The German submarine U-36 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea south-west of Kristiansand,Norway, by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Salmon. |
| 12-12-1939 : | German liner Bremen arrives at Bremerhaven from Murmansk, having evaded the British blockade. Bremen was intercepted by HMS Salmon but the submarine observed the then current rules of engagement and surfaced to order Bremen to heave-to. However, a German flying boat appeared and Salmon was forced to dive and Bremen escaped |
| 13-12-1939 : | HMS Salmon torpedoes & damages cruisers Leipzig & Nuremburg as they cover a destroyer minelaying operation off the River Tyne |
| 20-06-1940 : | HMS Salmon fires two torpedoes against a German convoy about 15 nautical miles south-west of Egersund, Norway. Both torpedoes missed their intended targets. |
| 09-07-1940 : | HMS Salmon departed her base to patrol off Skudesnes on the SW coast of Norway. She was sent signals on 9th, 11th and 12th July, the final one ordering a return to base. None of these signals were acknowledged. Later it became known that one of the signals routed her across a minefield, which at the time was unknown to the Admiralty. There is also a possibility that she was attacked by aircraft, but mining is the most likely. |
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