Salmon (N65)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S Group 2 |
| Fate: | Mined in Norwegian waters 9 July 1940 |
Salmon (N65)
Roll of Honour
| P Baker | Petty Officer | ||
| W Baugh | Leading Stoker | DSM | |
| E Bickford | Commander | DSC | |
| J Boulton | Able Seaman | ||
| W Brooks | Leading Stoker | ||
| J Burges | Able Seaman | ||
| G Cawthra | Stoker 1st Class | DSM | |
| T Cokke | Able Seaman | ||
| W Davis | Weapons Engineer | ||
| G Dixon | Leading Stoker | ||
| A Durcan | Petty Officer | ||
| W Fear | Leading Stoker | ||
| W Fuller | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||
| J Gomm | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| J Gyngell | Leading Seaman | ||
| P Hall | Able Seaman | ||
| R Hancock | Lieutenant | DSC | |
| A Harrison | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||
| N Hill | Chief Engine Room Artificer | ||
| C Holmes | Petty Officer | ||
| E Howe | Able Seaman | ||
| W Lavery | Able Seaman | ||
| R Mallett | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| C Ottignon | Able Seaman | ||
| M O’Mahoney | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| G Palmer | Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist | ||
| E Paterson | Able Seaman | ||
| L Power | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| H Rawlings | Leading Seaman | ||
| K Skelt | Lieutenant | ||
| E Spittles | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| R Stroud | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| A Swallow | Leading Stoker | ||
| R Walden | Telegraphist | ||
| M Walker | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| E Whittaker | Leading Signalman | DSM | |
| L Williams | Leading Seaman | ||
| M Wykeham-Martin | Lieutenant |
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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