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Turbulent (N98)
Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
Build Group: | T Group 2 |
Fate: | Presumed mined off Sardinia 14 March 1943 |
Related Pages
Commander John Wallace Linton | Read |
From the outbreak of war until HMS Turbulent's last patrol Commander Linton was constantly in command of submarines, and during that time inflicted great damage on the enemy. He sank one cruiser, one destroyer, one U-boat, wenty-eight supply ships, some 10000 tons in all, and destroyed three trains by gunfire. |
Roll of Honour
Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
Baker, Arthur Osmond | Lieutenant | 23 | ||
Bennett, Frederick George Newhouse | Able Seaman | P/J 104115 | 36 | |
Bennett, Frederick George Newhouse P/J 104115 Age 36 CWGC has Age 42 | ||||
Biddlecombe, William Henry Joseph | Leading Seaman | P/JX 15261 | 21 | |
Billingsley, Morgan Ensor | Able Seaman | D/JX 21293 | DSC | 21 |
Blake, John Priestley | Lieutenant | 22 | ||
Bourne, Albert Edward | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 14641 | 30 | |
Boyce, James Michael | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 11488 | 21 | |
Boyce, Victor Cornwall | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 93352 | 23 | |
Brokenshire, Henry | Able Seaman | D/JX 15548 | 21 | |
Bromby, Harry | Chief Engine Room Artificer | P/MX 50465 | 30 | |
Brown, Norman | Telegraphist | C/JX 16287 | 20 | |
Chartres, Clive Frederick Evelyn | Engineer Lieutenant | DSC | 23 | |
Clements, Brian Clement Weston | Lieutenant | DSM | 22 | |
Courtnall, Cyril Frank | Leading Stoker | C/KX 12065 | 22 | |
Crowston, Arthur Stanley | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | P/MX 54553 | MID | 25 |
Darling, Cecil | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 13202 | 22 | |
Deller, John Albert | Able Seaman | C/JX 20050 | 25 | |
Dennis, Ronald Arthur | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 15558 | 21 | |
Down, Cyril Stanley Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 86557 | 26 | |
Dye, Walter James | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 90571 | 24 | |
Farrow, William Edward | Leading Seaman | C/SSX 2012 | DSM* | 23 |
Ford, Cyril Davis | Able Seaman | C/JX 19948 | 25 | |
Gardner, Tom | Petty Officer Cook | P/MX 49964 | 27 | |
Glester, William Arthur | Able Seaman | C/SSX 3277 | 22 | |
Glover, William Henry | Able Seaman | C/JX 20827 | 20 | |
Goldsworthy, Andrew | Stoker 1st Class (RNSR) | D/SR 59147 | 24 | |
Gorman, Bernard | Telegraphist | C/JX 15651 | DSM | 20 |
Hadley, William Kerly | Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist | P/J 107992 | 34 | |
Hall, Richard | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 11241 | 23 | |
Hay, George | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 11331 | 26 | |
Hogg, William | Petty Officer | D/J 102496 | 37 | |
Hunnisett, Brian | Able Seaman | P/JX 23581 | 21 | |
Jones, Norman Edwin | Able Seaman | D/JX 33300 | 21 | |
Lawson, John Monteith | Lieutenant | 21 | ||
Linton, John Wallace | Commander | VC* | 37 | |
Lloyd, Christopher Albert | Stoker Petty Officer | D/KX 82609 | MID | 28 |
Lyfield, Albert Ray | Chief Petty Officer | P/J 91592 | 40 | |
Mason, George Leonard | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 74845 | 29 | |
Maynard, Albert Ernest | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 99264 | 24 | |
Morris, Cyril Edward | Able Seaman | D/JX 21356 | 22 | |
Morris, Frederick Charles | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | C/M 38173 | 41 | |
Oates, Leonard Charles | Leading Seaman | P/SSX 2465 | 22 | |
Ogden, Charles | Able Seaman | P/JX 21926 | 23 | |
Ormerod, Maurice | Able Seaman | D/JX 20056 | MID | 22 |
Pearce, Charles Henry | Leading Seaman | D/JX 10191 | MID | 37 |
Pearce, Charles Henry D/KX 101914 DoB 04/01/1906 Age 37 CWGC has Age 47 | ||||
Peebles, William Carton | Yeoman of Signals | D/JX 14279 | DSM* | 23 |
Reeves, Robert Herbert | Able Seaman | C/JX 12907 | 32 | |
Richardson, William | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 15451 | MID | 20 |
Ridley, Robert Rowcroft | Able Seaman | P/JX 19121 | DSM | 23 |
Sharp, William Edward | Stoker Petty Officer | D/KX 66108 | MID | 37 |
Simpson, Malcolm | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 72069 | MID | 38 |
Stead, John | Able Seaman | C/JX 19486 | 22 | |
Stone, Frederick Percival de Maine | Able Seaman | C/JX 13533 | 27 | |
Stone, Frederick Percival de Maine C/JX 135333 Age 27. CWGC has Stone, Fredrick Percival de Maine Age 29 | ||||
Stranaghan, Harold | Able Seaman | D/KX 89193 | 27 | |
Sweeney, Joseph | Stoker 1st Class | D/SKX 1219 | 20 | |
Todd, Charles Alfred | Leading Stoker | C/KX 80479 | 32 | |
Tunnell, Joseph William Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 11096 | 22 | |
Walker, Henry Frederick | Petty Officer | C/JX 12955 | 31 | |
Wallis, Frederick Charles | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 64815 | 23 | |
Walton, Leslie | Able Seaman | D/JX 20853 | 22 | |
Weatherley, James William | Petty Officer Steward | P/LX 22249 | 24 | |
Wheeler, Frank Thomas | Leading Stoker | C/KX 94979 | 23 | |
Wheldon, Harold Walter | Able Seaman | C/JX 19811 | 23 | |
Whyte, Hugh McLaren | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 72694 | DSM | 31 |
Wilkes, George Harold | Chief Petty Officer | C/JX125656 | 33 | |
Williams, Geoffrey Alwyn | Able Seaman | P/JX 29581 | 19 | |
Willicombe, Thomas John | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 95054 | 22 | |
Events
15-03-1940 : | Laid Down |
12-05-1941 : | Launched |
02-12-1941 : | Completed |
02-03-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessels Prodromos and Aghios Apostolos with gunfire in Saloniki Bay. |
03-03-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessels Aghios Yonizov, Aghios Dyonysios and Evangelista with gunfire in Saloniki Bay. |
13-03-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghia Traio with gunfire off Mykonos Island, Greece. |
07-04-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian merchant Rosa M. with gunfire south of Cattaro, Yugoslavia. |
12-04-1942 : | HMS Turbulent makes a torpedo attack on a submarine off Fiume. The target is not hit. |
14-04-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian sailing vessel Franco with gunfire off Sebenico, Yugoslavia. |
16-04-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Delia off Brindisi, Italy. |
14-05-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian sailing vessel San Giusto with gunfire 10 miles east of Apollonia, Greece. |
18-05-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolsena west of Bengasi, Libya. |
29-05-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian destroyer Emanuelle Pessagno and the Italian merchant Capo Arma about 70 nautical miles north-west of Bengasi, Libya. |
02-06-1942 : | HMS Turbulent twice attacks the German submarine U-81. All 7 torpedoes miss the target. |
24-06-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Regulus in the Gulf of Sirte about 5 nautical miles west of Ghemines. |
04-07-1942 : | While on patrol off Benghazi, Libya HMS Turbulent fires torpedoes at the Italian transport Nino Bixio and the German transport Ankara. The torpedoes miss. |
06-08-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the wreck of the Italian destroyer Strale off Cape Bon. |
17-08-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and damages the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio 12 nautical miles south-west of Navarino, Greece. This ship is loaded with some 2000 POW's, over which over 300 perish as a result of this attack. |
19-08-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Pozarica off Antikythera, Greece. |
08-10-1942 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the German Kreta with gunfire near Ras al Hilal, Libya. |
11-11-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine tender Bengasi about 10 nautical miles north-east of Capo Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy. |
29-12-1942 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Marte east of Cape Ferrato, Sardinia, Italy. |
11-01-1943 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Vittoria Beraldo near Cattaro, Yugoslavia. |
01-02-1943 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pozzuoli off Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy. |
05-02-1943 : | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Utilitas off Palermo, Sicily, Italy. |
23-02-1943 : | HMS Turbulent sailed from Algiers for a patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Turbulent did not respond to any further messages and did not return. |
01-03-1943 : | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian merchant San Vincenzo off Paola, Italy. |
14-03-1943 : | HMS Turbulent was lost, presumed mined IT is believed by a variety of sources that Turbulent was actually sunk whilst transiting a minefield. Her Captain Tubby Linton V.C. heard a message about a possible target that was not intended for him. He was on an interception course and forgot to check for any info on minefield disposition. (Source the Fighting Tenth) On 23rd February 1943 HMS Turbulent sailed from Algiers for a patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea. On 1st March she attacked and sank the Italian steam ship Vincenz. On the 11th she is known to have attacked the mail ship Mafalda. The following morning the anti-submarine trawler Teti II sighted the periscope and conning tower of a submarine and attacked, it is believed, without success. Turbulent did not respond to any further messages and did not return when expected on 23rd March. |
25-05-1943 : | The King was Graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross for great valour in command of HM Submarines to Commander John Wallace Linton, DSO, DSC, Royal Navy |
Comments
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The wreck has not been found and the mining has been discredited. She was peobably lost in an engagememt by the Italian navy ship Ardito. Christopher Morgan-Jones Fri, 8 Apr 2016 |
HMS TURBULENT COULD BE ONE OF THE EIGHT SUBMARINES THAT HAVE BEEN SONAR LOCATED OFF TABARKA , TUNISIA IN 2015 . THIS WILL BE ASCERTAINED THIS SUMMER 2016 . THE AREA IS NOW KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN A NAVAL MINEFIELD PLANTED BY THE GERMAN 3S.FLOTILLA , DEC 1942. JEAN-PIERRE MISSON Fri, 22 Apr 2016 |
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