Triumph (N18)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T Group 1 |
| Fate: | The boat was mined on or around 6th January 1942. She had earlier struck a mine in December 1940 but miraculously survived. There were no miracles the second time. |
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Baxter, Claude | Leading Stoker | P/K 58839 | MID | 41 |
| Biggleston, Arthur Ivor | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | C/M 35623 | DSM** | 36 |
| Bowles, Harry | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 93859 | 22 | |
| Brown, Geoffrey | Able Seaman | C/JX 190464 | 20 | |
| Cairns, John | Leading Seaman | D/SSX 18172 | 25 | |
| Cairns, John D/SSX 18172 CWGC has NOK in Edinburgh & Aged 36.. Actual Aberdeen Aged 25 | ||||
| Child, Alfred Robert | Bombardier (RA) (Royal Marine) | 915218 | 25 | |
| 7 Commando | ||||
| Clements, George Frederick | Able Seaman | C/SSX 24276 | MID | 23 |
| Coakley, Patrick | Leading Telegraphist | D/KX 88094 | 27 | |
| Cochrane, Archibald Kellock | Petty Officer Telegraphist | P/JX 129493 | MID | 31 |
| Collins, Edward Arthur | Lieutenant (RNVR) | 25 | ||
| Collison, Frank Gerald | Petty Officer | P/JX 131634 | DSM | 29 |
| Connor, Edward | Able Seaman | D/JX 204301 | 21 | |
| Cross, George Henry | Able Seaman | D/JX 168092 | 31 | |
| Crummey, Richard Terence | Telegraphist | D/JX 137472 | DSM* | 24 |
| Davies, Alfred Edward | Leading Seaman | P/JX 139965 | 24 | |
| Davies, Alfred Edward P/JX 139965 Aged 30 | ||||
| Dempster, William Alexander | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 73711 | 24 | |
| Don, Robert William Douglas | Lieutenant | DSC** | 22 | |
| Duffay, Colin Gordon Hugh | Petty Officer | D/JX 133011 | DSM | 28 |
| Esau, Leonard Walter | Able Seaman | D/JX 199788 | 27 | |
| Gates, Herbert James | Leading Stoker | P/K 64340 | 40 | |
| Glen, John | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 76056 | 35 | |
| Goddard, William Jack | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 109508 | DSM | 25 |
| Hall, William Hollingsworth | Able Seaman | P/SSX 21160 | MID | 21 |
| Harding, Walter Edward | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 114393 | 28 | |
| Harrison, George Robert Hedrick | Able Seaman | D/JX 130866 | MID | 30 |
| Hinds, John | Leading Seaman | P/JX 141259 | 24 | |
| Howard, Richard | Leading Seaman | P/JX 155046 | 20 | |
| Huddart, John Symons | Lieutenant | 31 | ||
| Commanding Officer | ||||
| Hutchinson, Donald George | Leading Seaman | D/J 93910 | DSC* | 38 |
| Janvrin, Michael Claud | Lieutenant | MID | 23 | |
| Jones, Luther | Able Seaman | P/JX 138985 | 35 | |
| Kelly, Colman | Leading Stoker | P/KX 91522 | 24 | |
| Kilty, Thomas James | Leading Signalman | D/JX 138661 | 24 | |
| Lancaster, Frederick Arthur | Leading Seaman | C/JX 154342 | 20 | |
| McGee, William | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 94368 | 21 | |
| Neville, Ronald William Pardoe | Leading Stoker | P/KX 90477 | MID | 24 |
| Neville, William Henry | Able Seaman | C/JX 182358 | 23 | |
| Newby, George | Able Seaman | D/SSX 33724 | 19 | |
| Nott, Reginald | Chief Petty Officer | P/J 107537 | DSM* | 34 |
| O'Brien, Cornelius | Petty Officer Cook | C/MX 50147 | 26 | |
| Peterkin, Alfred Kenneth | Lieutenant (RNR) | DSC* | 29 | |
| Phillips, Thomas | Chief Engine Room Artificer | P/M 27338 | DSM** | 39 |
| Ranson, William Albert | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 96542 | 22 | |
| Robinson, Arthur | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 79424 | DSM* | 32 |
| Rosendale, Edric Dudley | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 109528 | 25 | |
| Russell, Herbert Frederick | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 58033 | MID | 24 |
| Severn, Clive | Corporal (Royal Marine) | 5887258 | 22 | |
| 11 Commando | ||||
| Sheldon, Cyril Arnfield | Stoker Petty Officer | C/K 64020 | BEM* | 35 |
| Stephens, Harold | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 74120 | 21 | |
| Stockham, Wilfred Harry | Chief Stoker | P/K 65586 | DSM** | 35 |
| Stone, Harle | Telegraphist | C/JX 150128 | 21 | |
| Stone, Harle C.JX 150128 CWGC has Stone, Harold | ||||
| Taylor, John Edward | Able Seaman | P/SSX 32650 | 20 | |
| Taylor, John Edward P/SSX 32650 CWGC has Taylor, John Edmund | ||||
| Theobald, Robert James | Petty Officer | C/J 103645 | DSM* | 35 |
| Turner, John James | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 79918 | 31 | |
| Underwood, John Edward | Able Seaman | C/SSX 27499 | DSM | 22 |
| Walmsley, James | Leading Steward | C/LX 21728 | 29 | |
| Waterall, George Desmond | Midshipman | 18 | ||
| Waye, Reginald Frederick Dennis | Leading Telegraphist | C/JX 137731 | DSM | 25 |
| White, William John | Telegraphist | C/JX 149044 | DSM** | 21 |
| Wickham, Walter Leonard John | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 85211 | 28 | |
| Wilkinson, Fred | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | D/MX 48140 | 35 | |
| Wilson, Ernest Edward George | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 81816 | DSM | 30 |
| Wilson, Raymond | Able Seaman | P/JX 148463 | 21 | |
| Wright, Geoffrey Michael Denys | Engineer Lieutenant | MBE* | 29 | |
Events
| 19-03-1937 : | Laid Down |
| 16-02-1938 : | Launched |
| 02-05-1939 : | Completed |
| 26-12-1939 : | Whilst on patrol North East of Heligoland on 26 December 1939, HMS Triumph hit a drifting mine which blew eighteen feet off her bows fully exposing her six internal and two external torpedo tubes. Although all the tubes were loaded, none of her warshots exploded. Unable to dive she was escorted back to Rosyth by Hudson aircraft where repairs were carried out. |
| 05-03-1941 : | HMS Triumph torpedoes sinks the Italian merchants Marzamemi and Colomba Lofaro near Capo dell'Armi, Calabria, Italy. |
| 03-05-1941 : | HMS Triumph sinks the Italian auxilary patrol vessel V 136/Tugnin F. with gunfire about 10 nautical miles west of Marsa el Brega, Libya. |
| 30-05-1941 : | HMS Triumph torpedoes and damages the Italian armed merchant cruiser Ramb III at Bengasi, Libya. |
| 05-06-1941 : | HMS Triumph sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessels Valoroso, V 190/Frieda and V 137/Trio Frassinetti with gunfire in the Gulf of Sirte off Beurat, Libya. |
| 27-06-1941 : | HMS Triumph on patrol off the Egyptian coast sinks the Italian submarine Salpa |
| 06-07-1941 : | After a long gun battle HMS Triumph sinks the Italian merchant Ninfea and the Italian tug Dante de Lutti off Ras Tajunes, Libya. During this battle Triumph is also damaged and is forced to abandon her war patrol and retreat to Malta for repairs. |
| 26-08-1941 : | As an Italian battlefleet returns from a sortie against Force H, Triumph torpedoes and damages heavy cruiser Bolzano north of Sicily. |
| 18-09-1941 : | HMS Triumph torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Ardor off Capo Colonna. |
| 23-09-1941 : | HMS Triumph torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Luvsee north-east of Sibenek. |
| 24-09-1941 : | HMS Triumph damages the Italian tanker Poseidone and the Italian merchant Sidamo off Ortona, Abruzzi, Italy. |
| 23-10-1941 : | HMS Triumph sinks the Greek sailing vessels Panagiotis and Aghia Paraskeva with gunfire in the Gulf of Petali, Greece. |
| 25-10-1941 : | HMS Triumph torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Monrosa in the Gulf of Athens, about 3 nautical miles north-west of Patroklou island, Greece. |
| 24-11-1941 : | HMS Triumph torpedoes and sinks the Italian tug Hercules in Iraklion harbour, Crete. Triumph also damages the German merchant Norburg. |
| 06-01-1942 : | Lost with all hands 26th December 41, Triumph sailed from Alexandria for a cloak and dagger landing near Athens before patroling in the Aegean, she reports the landing on the 30th Dec but fails to rendezvous back there on the 9th Jan and is presumed mined off the island of Milo, southeast of the greek mainland. She had earlier struck a mine in December 1940 but miraculously survived. There were no miracles the second time. |
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