Severn (N 57)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | River 2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1946 at Bombay. |
Commanders
| 1934: | Lieutenant Commander Lancelot Milman Shadwell |
| 1937: | Lieutenant Commander Manley Laurence Power |
| 1939: | Lieutenant Commander Bertram Wilfrid Taylor |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander Andrew Niel Gillespie Campbell |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Commander Russell Stanhope Brookes DSO DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Raymond Henry Bull DSC |
1934-1935: Portsmouth.
1935-1939: Mediterranean.
1939 - 8th Flotilla: Gibraltar.
1940 - 6th Flotilla: HMS Titania, Blyth.
1939 - South Atlantic, based at Freetown.
1940-1941 - Served in Home Waters.
April-June 1940 - Was part of the submarine force which was in the Kattegat and off the coast of Norway during the German invasion of Norway.
1941-1944 - Served in the Mediterranean.
October/November 1943 - Was used to supply the Aegean island of Leros and Samos.
1944 onwards Eastern Fleet.
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Prior to the Allied landings in Italy in September, HMS/M Severn had been involved in cloak & dagger operations such as the landing of commandoes on the island of Sardinia where they were to destroy the torpedo bomber base at Cagliari (but that's another story). The year was 1943 and the events recounted herein occurred towards the end of that year, following the unconditional surrender of the Italians in September.
Events
| 27-03-1933 | Laid Down |
| 16-01-1934 | Launched |
| 12-01-1935 | Completed |
| 04-05-1940 | HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Swedish (in German service) sailing vessel Monark off Lister, Norway and unsuccessfully attacked another of approx 6,000 ton vessel. |
| 22-06-1941 | HMS Severn fires torpedoes at an enemy submarine in the Gulf of Naples. |
| 26-06-1941 | HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Polinnia about 95 nautical miles south-west of Ischia Island, Italy. |
| 28-06-1941 | HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ugo Bassi 5 nautical miles off Cape Monte Santu, Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 07-08-1941 | Sank the Submarine Bianchi. |
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