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Trenchant (P331)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: T Group 3
Fate: Scrapped in July 1963 at Faslane.
Trenchant (P331) on slipway
Trenchant (P331) on slipway
Trenchant
Trenchant

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Events

09-05-1942 : Laid Down
24-02-1943 : Launched
26-02-1944 : Completed
09-08-1944 : HMS Trenchant sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Hiyoshi Maru No.3 and two other small Japanese vessels with gunfire off the south-west coast of Sumatra.
16-09-1944 : HMS Trenchant lays mines in the the Straits of Malacca.
19-09-1944 : HMS Trenchant sinks two Siamese sailing vessels through ramming east of Sumatra.
23-09-1944 : The German submarine U-859 is sunk north-west of Penang in the Straits of Malacca by torpedoes from HMS Trenchant.
27-10-1944 : Chariots released by HMS Trenchant sink the Japanese army cargo ship Sumatra Maru in Phuket harbour, Siam.
21-12-1944 : HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese landing craft with gunfire off the eastern coast of Sumatra.
22-12-1944 : Accompanied by HMS Terrapin. They sink the Japanese tanker Yaei Maru No.6 with gunfire off the south side of the Japanese Fleet anchorage at Lingga Roads
29-12-1944 : HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
30-12-1944 : HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
31-12-1944 : HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
24-02-1945 : HMS Trenchant sinks one 100 ton vessel, two 20 ton lighters and 3 junks.
25-02-1945 : HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
09-03-1945 : HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
25-05-1945 : HMS Trenchant sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 105 east of Mandalike Island.
08-06-1945 : HMS Trenchant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in the northern entrance of Bangka Straits.
13-07-1945 : HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off western Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
15-07-1945 : HMS Trenchant sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire north-east of the Lombok Strait.
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