Trooper (N91)
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | T Group 2 |
| Fate: | Lost possibly mined in the Aegean sea on or about 17th October 1943. |
Trooper at Malta 4th Feb 1943
Roll of Honour
| P Adam | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| A Anderson | Sub-Lieutenant | ||
| I Bengough | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| A Brotherton | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| T Carling | Able Seaman | ||
| F Charnock | Leading Seaman | ||
| R Chivers | Able Seaman | ||
| J Colville | Able Seaman | ||
| H Cook | Lieutenant | Charioteer lost in Operation Principal | |
| H Cope | Signalman | ||
| J Cornelius | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| F Crossland | Telegraphist | ||
| G Davies | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| J Farnell | Able Seaman | RNVR | |
| W Fenn | Chief Engine Room Artificer | DSM | |
| M Forster | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| W Fry | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | DSM | |
| E Furnell | Able Seaman | ||
| J Gilbert | Petty Officer | ||
| L Grant | Lieutenant | DSO | |
| K Greatwood | Able Seaman | ||
| H Horton | Leading Stoker | ||
| R Jones | Able Seaman | ||
| O Lancaster | Lieutenant (E) | DSC | |
| C Lawson | Leading Stoker | ||
| A Legg | Leading Stoker | ||
| H Lloyd | Able Seaman | ||
| J Mather | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| F Meek | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| S Mercer | Steward | ||
| R Mills | Leading Stoker | ||
| H Mott | Leading Stoker | MID | |
| M Peters | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| S Ribbans | Petty Officer Telegraphist | ||
| R Robinson | Leading Stoker | DSM | |
| B Ruston | Leading Seaman | ||
| J S Ryder | Sub-Lieutenant | RANVR | |
| G Sainsbury | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| D Seddon | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| S Shoebridge | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| H Skinner | Leading Cook | ||
| R Sleep | Petty Officer | DSM | |
| F Smethurst | Able Seaman | ||
| C Stillwell | Leading Cook | ||
| E Stott | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| H Sumner | Sub-Lieutenant | RNVR | |
| D Tame | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| R Taylor | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| L Thompson | Leading Telegraphist | ||
| F Ward | Able Seaman | ||
| J Whiting | Stoker Petty Officer | ||
| L Williams | Leading Seaman | ||
| R Yeoman | Petty Officer |
Events
| 26-03-1940 : | Laid Down |
| 05-03-1942 : | Launched |
| 29-08-1942 : | Completed |
| 10-03-1943 : | HMS Trooper torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Rosario 4 nautical miles off Punta Milazzo. |
| 15-03-1943 : | HMS Trooper fires 4 torpedoes against the Italian merchant Belluno about 30 nautical miles south of Isola di Capri, Italy. All torpedoes missed. |
| 17-03-1943 : | HMS Trooper torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Forli south of Naples, Italy. |
| 29-07-1943 : | Italian submarine Pietro Micca was torpedoed and sunk at the entrance to Adriatic, in the Strait of Otranto by the British HMS Trooper |
| 05-09-1943 : | HMS Trooper sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Skiathos, Greece. Trooper also damages two other enemy vessels with gunfire. |
| 17-10-1943 : | HMS Trooper sailed from Beirut on 26th September 1943 for a patrol west of the Dodecanese and later to the east of Leros. No signals were received and she failed to return on the appointed date, 17th October. Mining is strongly suspected. |
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