Spearfish (N69)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S Group 2 |
| Fate: | Believed sunk by U34 off coast of Norway on 1st August 1940. Sole survivor AB William Pester later killed in an accident 01-07-1945. |
Spearfish (N69)
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Archer, Henry Edward | Warrant Engineer | (Ex. M3438 | 37 | |
| Best, John Philip | Lieutenant | MID | 21 | |
| Binns, Harry Edmund | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 88596 | 22 | |
| Bird, Arthur John Thomas | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | C/M 39323 | 38 | |
| Bird, Herbert Francis | Telegraphist | P/JX 13735 | 24 | |
| Bruce, Robert Walton | Leading Stoker | D/KX 86483 | 24 | |
| Carlton, Edward Curle | Petty Officer Telegraphist | D/JX 13638 | DSM* | 24 |
| Carpenter, Robert William | Able Seaman | P/JX 13711 | 23 | |
| Carter, John Ainsworth Verdun | Able Seaman | D/JX 13633 | 24 | |
| Clifford, Ronald Joseph John | Leading Signalman | P/J 39219 | 40 | |
| Darch, Edward John | Leading Stoker | D/K 63910 | 35 | |
| Delussey, Arthur | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 86125 | 23 | |
| Evans, Maurice Allen | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 92190 | 21 | |
| Evans, Maurice Allen, CWGC has Evans, Maurice Allen | ||||
| Forbes, John Hay | Lieutenant Commander (CO) | DSO | 33 | |
| Foster, John William Thomas | Petty Officer | C/J 105134 | DSM | 33 |
| Gillett, Alec | Able Seaman | C/SSX 2117 | 20 | |
| Gimblett, Arthur Robert | Lieutenant (RNR) | 29 | ||
| Glover, Albert John | Leading Seaman | P/JX 14378 | 29 | |
| Hawes, Edward Henry Daniel | Able Seaman | C/JX 14981 | 20 | |
| Hill, Ronald Eustace | Able Seaman | D/SSX 1485 | 25 | |
| Ibbotson, William | Chief Petty Officer | D/J 48891 | 40 | |
| Iverson, William Stephen | Leading Seaman | C/J 95767 | 37 | |
| James, Thomas Benjamin | Able Seaman | D/JX 13585 | 24 | |
| Lynch, Frank | Able Seaman | D/SSX 1423 | 25 | |
| Maxwell, Maurice James | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 81056 | 27 | |
| Mordue, John William | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 82401 | 25 | |
| Morey, Ernest George | Able Seaman | C/JX 13423 | DSM* | 26 |
| Morey, Ernest George CWGC has Morey, Ernest G. | ||||
| O'Hair, Edward Ernest Peacock | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | P/MX 51968 | 29 | |
| Oliver, Oswald | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | D/MX 53256 | 26 | |
| Peel, Stanley Noel | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | C/M 27347 | DSM | 38 |
| Peel, Stanley Noel DoB 02/04/1904 Age 38 CWGC has Age 46 | ||||
| Pirie, Donald Anthony | Lieutenant | DSC* | 26 | |
| Rawlings, Arthur Thomas | Leading Stoker | C/KX 83005 | 26 | |
| Royle, Reginald | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 75033 | 35 | |
| Smith, Arthur George | Petty Officer | D/J 114194 | 31 | |
| Smith, Ernest | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 82894 | 25 | |
| Smith, Ernest Walter | Telegraphist | P/JX 14169 | 21 | |
| Smith, Jack Maunder | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | C/MX 50827 | MID | 28 |
| Tuson, George William | Leading Telegraphist | D/JX 13609 | MID | 24 |
| Walker, Harold William | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 90217 | 23 | |
| Walker, Philip Gordon | Leading Seaman | D/JX 14126 | 22 | |
| Williams, Francis James | Telegraphist | P/SSX 1424 | 25 | |
Events
| 23-05-1935 : | Laid Down |
| 21-04-1936 : | Launched |
| 11-12-1936 : | Completed |
| 24-09-1939 : | HMS Spearfish was heavily damaged by German warships off Horns Reef. She was unable to submerge but nevertheless managed to escape. A rescue mission was undertaken by the British Humber force and Home fleet. Spearfish safely put in Rosyth on the 26th. Repairs to Spearfish were completed in early March 1940. |
| 11-04-1940 : | HMS Spearfish torpedoes & damages German pocket battleship Lutzow N of Skaw, putting her out of action for about a year |
| 20-05-1940 : | HMS Spearfish sinks the Danish fishing vessels S.130 and S.175 with gunfire in the North Sea. |
| 01-08-1940 : | HMS Spearfish sailed from Rosyth on 31 July 1940. The next day she was hit by a torpedo from U-34 and sank. U-34 was returning from her last patrol as a combat boat. She had only one torpedo remaining after a successful patrol (already 4 ships sunk). The U-boat surfaced to look for survivors and found AB William Pester (on his first patrol) who was the only survivor of the sinking, 29 became casualties |
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