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
| H Archer | Communications Engineer | ||
| J Best | Lieutenant | ||
| H Binns | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| A Bird | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||
| H Bird | Telegraphist | ||
| G Browne | Lieutenant | ||
| R Bruce | Leading Signalman | ||
| E Carlton | Petty Officer Telegraphist | DSM MID | |
| R Carpenter | Able Seaman | ||
| J Carter | Able Seaman | ||
| R Clifford | Leading Signalman | ||
| E Darch | Leading Stoker | ||
| A Delussey | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| M Evans | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| J Forbes | Lieutenant Commander | DSO | |
| J Foster | Petty Officer | ||
| A Gillet | Able Seaman | ||
| A Gimblet | Lieutenant | RNR | |
| A Glover | Leading Seaman | ||
| H Hawes | Able Seaman | ||
| R Hill | Able Seaman | ||
| G Holland | Leading Seaman | ||
| W Ibbotson | Chief Petty Officer | ||
| W Iverson | Leading Seaman | ||
| T James | Able Seaman | ||
| F Lynch | Able Seaman | ||
| M Maxwell | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| J Mordue | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| E Morey | Able Seaman | DSM MID | |
| O Oliver | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||
| E O’Hair | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||
| S Peel | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | DSM | |
| D Pirie | DSC | ||
| E Rawlings | Leading Stoker | ||
| R Royle | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| A Smith | Petty Officer | ||
| E Smith | Telegraphist | ||
| E Smith | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| J Smith | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | MID | |
| G Tuson | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| H Walker | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| P Walker | Leading Seaman | ||
| F Williams | Telegraphist |
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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