Simoom (P225)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S Group 3 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 19th November 1943 possibly by mines in the Dardanelles. |
Simoom (P225)
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Adam, William Gillon | Able Seaman | P/JX 344969 | 21 | |
| Anglesea, John | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | D/MX 102924 | 21 | |
| Balson, Lewis Frederick Charles | Warrant Engineer | 30 | ||
| Bedford, Maurice Arthur | Leading Seaman | D/SSX 27992 | 24 | |
| Broadbridge, Thomas George | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 83568 | 30 | |
| Caspell, George Edward | Telegraphist | C/JX 163711 | 20 | |
| Cole, Edward | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 83973 | 29 | |
| Cross, Charles Michael | Sub Lieutenant (RNVR) | 22 | ||
| Day, Horace Charles | Signalman | C/JX 207606 | 26 | |
| Ellin, Sidney | Petty Officer Telegraphist | C/JX 135616 | 28 | |
| Elliott, Robert | Able Seaman | P/JX 322974 | 22 | |
| Francis, Roland | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 137871 | 20 | |
| Francis, Roland James D/KX 137871 CWGC has Francis Rolland James | ||||
| Garbett, Basil Maitland | Lieutenant | MID | 21 | |
| Gill, Geoffrey | Able Seaman | C/JX 235129 | 21 | |
| Gowland, William Robert | Able Seaman | D/SSX 15958 | 26 | |
| Griffith, Ben | Petty Officer | D/J 113001 | 34 | |
| Hannant, James Henry | Able Seaman | D/JX 202875 | 25 | |
| Harris, Walter | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 134758 | 30 | |
| Hatton, Charles William | Able Seaman | C/JX 169095 | 24 | |
| Herd, Charles Edmund | Ordinary Seaman | P/JX 381907 | 19 | |
| Herstell, Norman | Able Seaman | P/JX 347783 | 19 | |
| Herstell, Norman P/JX 347783 RN DoB 04/12/1923. Actual 04/12/1924 | ||||
| Johnson, Robert John | Able Seaman | C/SSX 26525 | 22 | |
| Jones, Louis Fleming | Lieutenant (RNVR) | 24 | ||
| Kennedy, Gordon Alexander | Leading Telegraphist | D/JX 154462 | 22 | |
| Kerr, David Arthur | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 55013 | 22 | |
| Landing, John | Leading Stoker | P/KX 84477 | 28 | |
| Lillycrop, Francis William | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 145412 | 20 | |
| Lillycrop, Francis William P/KX 145412. At birth William Francis | ||||
| Lovell, Ernest Albert | Able Seaman | P/SSX 18599 | 23 | |
| Marsden, Tom | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 79301 | 23 | |
| Mason, George Hunter | Leading Stoker | P/KX 90779 | 25 | |
| May, Sidney James | Able Seaman | C/SSX 30974 | 21 | |
| McLellan, Harold Benjamin Wilson | Leading Telegraphist | C/JX 259236 | 30 | |
| Milner, Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson | Lieutenant | DSC | 25 | |
| Mortimer-Lamb, Robert John | Petty Officer | C/JX 145875 | 23 | |
| O'Leary, Michael Thomas | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | D/MX 49539 | 25 | |
| Olding, Walter George | Chief Engine Room Artificer | P/MX 46951 | 31 | |
| Rawe, James Alexander | Chief Petty Officer | P/JX 136102 | 35 | |
| SSX12777 | ||||
| Salmon, Alfred William | Able Seaman | P/JX 295724 | 22 | |
| Saunders, Arthur | Able Seaman | P/JX 155201 | 22 | |
| Schofield, Bernard Philip | Able Seaman | C/JX 241234 | 22 | |
| Seaborne, William Joseph Ronald | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 94051 | 23 | |
| Shanks, Thomas Scott | Sub Lieutenant (RNVR) | 24 | ||
| Sharp, Norman | Able Seaman | D/JX 223594 | 25 | |
| Shepherd, John Veitch | Leading Stoker | P/KX 83132 | 28 | |
| Shepherd, John Veitch P/KX 83132. At birth Veitch John | ||||
| Smith, William John | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 145306 | 21 | |
| Songhurst, Thomas James | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 83463 | 30 | |
| Taylor, James | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 77617 | 23 | |
| Wardale, Irvin George | Able Seaman | D/JX 303574 | 21 | |
| Wardale, Irvin George D/JX 303574. At birth George Irvin | ||||
| Wilson, William | Petty Officer | P/SSX 18131 | 23 | |
Events
| 14-07-1941 : | Laid Down |
| 12-10-1942 : | Launched |
| 30-12-1942 : | Completed |
| 08-08-1943 : | While on patrol east of Bastia, HMS Simoom fires three torpedoes at a merchant. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 09-08-1943 : | HMS Simoom attacked Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi off La Spezia. The torpedoes missed the cruiser but hit and sank the destroyer Vincenzo Gioberti |
| 19-11-1943 : | HMS Simoon believed lost by mines near the Dardanelles. No survivors HMS Simoom sailed for a patrol in the Aegean on 2nd November 1943. On the 5th she received a signal to divert to the entrance of the Dardanelles. Ten days later she was sent orders to return to port. The submarine never arrived. On 15th November German radio broadcasts stated that a submarine had been destroyed in the Aegean and that several of the crew had been rescued. It is unlikely that this was Simoom, as it would have put her miles out of position. None of the claimed survivors stated that they were from Simoom. It is more likely that the submarine struck a mine or was lost through an accident. |
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