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Tuna (N 94)

Built By: Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group: T 1
Fate: Scrapped in June 1946 at Briton Ferry.

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The Crew of HMS Tuna on stage with the cast of ‘Panama Hattie’ at the Alhambra, Glasgow (1943)
The Crew of HMS Tuna on stage with the cast of ‘Panama Hattie’ at the Alhambra, Glasgow (1943)
Tuna (N 94)
Tuna (N 94)

Roll of Honour

1
Died: 21-11-1943
Brown, William Thomas  P/SSX 15710
Leading Telegraphist Died: 21-11-1943
It is understood that he died as the result of an accident.

Events

13-06-1938 Laid Down
10-05-1940 Launched
01-08-1940 Completed
01-09-1940 HMS Tuna fires torpedoes at a submarine in the North Sea about 175 nautical east of Dundee, Scotland. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
22-09-1940 HMS Tuna torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Tirrana in the Bay of Biscay south of the Gironde estuary, about 15 nautical miles south-west of Soulac-sur-Mer, France.
24-09-1940 HMS Tuna torpedoes and sinks the German catapult ship Ostmark in the Bay of Biscay about 35 nautical miles south-west of St. Nazaire, France.
18-12-1940 HMS Tuna attacks the Italian submarine Brin with torpedoes and gunfire in the Bay of Biscay about 55 nautical miles east of the Gironde estuary. The Italian submarine escapes unharmed. Later HMS Tuna sinks the French tug Chassiron with gunfire about 25 nautical miles west-south-west of the Gironde estuary.
10-07-1941 While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Tuna fires two torpedoes at a submerged Asdic contact which is thought to be an enemy submarine. The torpedoes miss their target.
19-07-1941 HMS Tuna fires 6 torpedoes at the German tanker Benno escorted by the German minesweepers M 18, M 25, M 27 and M 30 60 nautical miles north-west of the Gironde estuary. Although six detanations were heard all torpedoes missed their target.
07-12-1942 HMS Tuna delivered the "Cockleshell Heroes" to the mouth of the Gironde for their daring raid on Bordeaux, France in which 6 German ships were mined. The raid was called Operation Frankton, and only two of the 12 men returned..
07-04-1943 The German submarine U-644 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Narvik, Norway, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Tuna.
14-04-1943 HMS Tuna attacks the German submarine U-302 with 4 torpedoes south of Jan Mayen Island. The torpedoes miss their target.
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