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Sahib (P212)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: HMS Sahib (Lt John Henry Bromage DSO DSC) was lost on 24th April 1943. After making a successful attack on an escorted Italian Convo.

The Submarine was damaged in a depth charge attack by the escorting Italian Corvettes Gabbiano (Lt Nilo Foresi) and Euterpe (Lt Antonio March). Lt Bromage surfaced HMS Sahib, which was badly damaged, and attempted to run on the surface. #

Owing to the damage to the Submarine the crew were forced to abandon ship. It is reported that German aircraft machine gunned the survivors in the water killing one of the crew.

The six Officers and the forty surviving crew members were taken Prisoner of War. Of the forty, twenty-three made escape attempts and twelve made successful ‘Home Runs’.

There was only one casualty in the sinking.
Sahib
Sahib
HMS Sahib note the absence of a
HMS Sahib note the absence of a 'Bandstand' & Oerlikon gun. Deck gun can be seen as can the aft torpedo tube

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RN Submarines scuttled or captured in WWII

Descriptions of the events in WWII that led to the loss of Royal Navy Submarines in actions where the submarines were sunk, usually by scuttling, with the captains and crew taken prisoner. Included are two variations - in one case the submarine was captured and in another the captain was killed in action.

Roll of Honour
1
Died: 03-05-1943
England, Eric Gordon  P/MX 61345
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 03-05-1943 Aged: 23
from Lewisham
Was fatally wounded when survivors from Sahib, which had been sunk by a Italian corvette, were strafed by enemy aircraft. He succumbed to his wounds on 3 May while a prisoner-of-war.

Events

05-07-1940 Laid Down
19-01-1942 Launched
13-05-1942 Completed
12-09-1942 HMS Sahib sinks the Italian sailing vessel Ina S. with gunfire and demolition charges 8 miles of Isola Rossa, Sardinia, Italy.
14-09-1942 HMS Sahib sinks an Italian sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sardinia.
16-09-1942 HMS Sahib sinks an Italian sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sardinia.
14-11-1942 At 19:47 hours HMS Sahib torpedoes and sinks the Italian transport Scillin about 10 nautical miles north of Cape Milazzo. The Scillin was tranporting Allied prisoners of war of which, many drowned.
14-12-1942 HMS Sahib torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Honestas about 30 nautical miles north-north-west of Cape Bon, Tunisia.
11-01-1943 HMS Sahib torpedoes and damages the German transport San Antonio about 15 nautical miles east of San Remo.
14-01-1943 HMS Sahib torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Qued Tifletabout 20 nautical miles south-west of Savona.
21-01-1943 HMS Sahib torpedoes and sinks the German submarine U-301 in the Mediterranean west of Bonifacio. There was only 1 survivor from U-301.
18-02-1943 HMS Sahib sinks the Italian sailing vessel Francesco Padre with gunfire off Cape Orlando.
23-03-1943 HMS Sahib torpedoes ans sinks the small Italian merchant Tosca west of Cape Calava, Sicily, Italy.
27-03-1943 HMS Sahib torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sidamo in Milazzo harbour, Sicily, Italy.
30-03-1943 HMS Sahib sinks the Italian sailing vessels Santa Maria Del Salvazione, San Vincenzo and Pier Della Vigne with gunfire off Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.
16-04-1943 HMS Sahib attacked and sank the merchant ship Galiolo, two miles off Capa Milazzo. After firing, the Sahib almost broke the surface. This was noticed by an aircraft, which dropped a bomb but to no effect.

The torpedo boat Climene almost immediately obtained contact with the submarine. At about 0545, Sahib came under heavy depth charge attack resulting in the pressure hull being holed at the aft ends.

With no way of repairing the damage, the order to prepare to abandon ship was given. The submarine surfaced to be welcomed by a machine gun attack from the waiting aircraft. As the crew left the submarine, Sahib was scuttled.
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