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Salmon (N 65)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S2
Fate: This Submarine sailed for a North Sea patrol on 4th July 1940 and was expected to return to base on 14th July 1940.

The Submarine is thought to have been sunk with all hands after hitting a mine on 9th July 1940.
Salmon (N 65)
Salmon (N 65)
Salmon
Salmon

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Commanders
1934: Lieutenant Commander   John Marston Money
1936: Lieutenant   Voltelin James Howard Van der Byl
1937: Lieutenant   Ronald James Burch
1938: Lieutenant Commander   Edward Oscar Bickford
1940: Commander   Edward Oscar Bickford

1935: Portsmouth.
1936-1939: Mediterranean.
1939: Malta.
1939: 2nd Flotilla. HMS Forth, Sheerness.
1939: 2nd Flotilla. HMS Forth, Harwich.
1939: 2nd Flotilla. HMS Forth, Dundee.
1940: 2nd Flotilla. HMS Forth, Rosyth.

1939: Returned to Home Waters.

1939 - 1940: Carried out patrols in the North Sea and Skagerrak, sank the U.36 (Fröhlich) 4th December 1939, the first U-boat to be sunk by a British submrine.

Roll of Honour
41
 
Anderson, Frederick Cyril  P/KX 79744
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 30
Baker, Philip Denis Edward  P/JX 13074
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Petty Officer Aged: 28
Baugh, Walter John  DSM C/KX 81010
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Bickford, Edward Oscar  DSO
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Commander Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Boulton, Johnn Robert Alfred  P/JX 138456
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Brooks, William  D/KX 87165
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Burges, John Herman  C/J 115126
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 30
Cawthra, George  DSM D/KX 85885
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
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Cooke, Thomas  D/J 93031
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 37
Davis, William Leonard 
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Warrant Engineer Aged: 32
Dixon, George  C/KX 81890
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Durcan, Albert Patrick  D/J 87456
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Petty Officer Aged: 38
Fear, William John  P/KX 84937
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Stoker Aged: 24
Fuller, William Matthew  C/M 39443
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 30
Gomm, Jack Edmund  P/KX 87050
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Gyngell, John James  D/J 115240
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Seaman Aged: 30
Hall, Peter Edward  P/J 97373
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 37
Hancock, Robin Hugh Meliss  DSC
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Lieutenant Aged: 23
Harrison, Arthur Albert George  P/M 33227
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 37
Harrison, Squire  P/JX 153270
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Seaman Aged: 22
Hill, Norman James  DSM P/M 39366
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Aged: 30
Holmes, Cecil William  C/J 109242
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Petty Officer Aged: 32
Holmes, James  P/MX 47758
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
Howe, Edward Hibbitt  C/SSX 18241
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Mallett, Robert George  D/JX 134510
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 25
O'Mahoney, Michael  D/KX 86213
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
Ottignon, Charles Vivian  C/JX 144392
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Palmer, George  P/J 39553
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Aged: 41
Paterson, Edward  D/S 106628
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Able Seaman Aged: 32
Power, Louis  P/KX 83674
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
Rawlings, Henry Charles Edward  C/JX 135792
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Seaman Aged: 25
Skelt, Kenneth Douglas 
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Lieutenant Aged: 21
Spittles, Eric Victor  C/KX 92540
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Stroud, Robert Patrick  C/J 109409
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 31
Summers, Owen Jack  P/MX 54082
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
Swallow, Alfred Charles  D/KX 81568
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Walden, Raymond Barry  C/JX 139964
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Telegraphist Aged: 22
Walker, Maurice William  P/JX 137569
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 24
Whittaker, Edward  DSM D/JX 132459
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Signalman Aged: 27
Williams, Leonard Primrose  P/JX 130599
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Leading Seaman Aged: 28
Wykeham-Martin, Maurice Fairfax  DSC
Died: 9th Jul, 1940.
Lieutenant Aged: 27

Events

 15-06-1933   Laid Down
 30-04-1934   Launched
 08-03-1935   Completed
 04-12-1939   The German submarine U-36 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea south-west of Kristiansand, Norway, by a torpedo from the British submarine HMS Salmon.

The first U-boat to be sunk by a British submarine.
 12-12-1939   German liner Bremen arrives at Bremerhaven from Murmansk, having evaded the British blockade. Bremen was intercepted by HMS Salmon but the submarine observed the then current rules of engagement and surfaced to order Bremen to heave-to. However, a German flying boat appeared and Salmon was forced to dive and Bremen escaped
 13-12-1939   HMS Salmon torpedoes & damages cruisers Leipzig & Nuremburg as they cover a destroyer minelaying operation off the River Tyne
 20-06-1940   HMS Salmon fires two torpedoes against a German convoy about 15 nautical miles south-west of Egersund, Norway. Both torpedoes missed their intended targets.
 09-07-1940   HMS Salmon departed her base to patrol off Skudesnes on the SW coast of Norway. She was sent signals on 9th, 11th and 12th July, the final one ordering a return to base. None of these signals were acknowledged.

Later it became known that one of the signals routed her across a minefield, which at the time was unknown to the Admiralty. There is also a possibility that she was attacked by aircraft, but mining is the most likely.
Comments

Comment by: Robin Butler on June 12th, 2021

Salmon's heraldic crest was "A salmon saltant proper" and her motto "fluctibus floreo" - translation "I flourish under the waves"

Comment by: Robin Butler (daughter of Robin Hugh Meliss Hancoc on June 12th, 2021

The wreck of HMS Salmon was located in April 2008 off the coast of Norway by a surveying vehicle prospecting for a cable laying route

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