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Simoom (P 225)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Sunk on 19th November 1943 possibly by mines in the Dardanelles.

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Simoom (P 225)
Simoom (P 225)
Commanders
1942: Lieutenant  Christopher Henry Rankin  
1943: Lieutenant  Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner  DSC

1943: Mediterranean

Roll of Honour
49
Died: 19-11-1943
Adam, William Gillon  P/JX 344969
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
Anglesea, John  D/MX 102924
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
Balson, Lewis Frederick Charles 
Warrant Engineer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 30
Bedford, Maurice Arthur  D/SSX 27992
Leading Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 24
Broadbridge, Thomas George  C/KX 83568
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 30
Caspell, George Edward  C/JX 163711
Telegraphist Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 20
Cole, Edward  P/KX 83973
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 29
Cross, Charles Michael  (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Day, Horace Charles  C/JX 207606
Signalman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 26
Ellin, Sidney  C/JX 135616
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 28
Elliott, Robert  P/JX 322974
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Francis, Roland James  D/KX 137871
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 20
Garbett, Basil Maitland  MID
Lieutenant Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
Gill, Geoffrey  C/JX 235129
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
Gowland, William Robert  D/SSX 15958
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 26
Griffith, Ben  D/J 113001
Petty Officer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 34
Hannant, James Henry  D/JX 202875
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 25
Harris, Walter  D/KX 134758
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 30
Hatton, Charles William  C/JX 169095
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 24
Herd, Charles Edmund  P/JX 381907
Ordinary Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 19
Herstell, Norman  P/JX 347783
Able Seaman Born: 04-12-1924 Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 18
RN DoB 04/12/1923
Johnson, Robert John  C/SSX 26525
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Jones, Louis Fleming  (RNVR)
Lieutenant Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 24
Kennedy, Gordon Alexander  D/JX 154462
Leading Telegraphist Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Kerr, David Arthur  P/MX 55013
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Landing, John  P/KX 84477
Leading Stoker Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 28
Lillycrop, Francis William  P/KX 145412
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 20
At birth William Francis
Lovell, Ernest Albert  P/SSX 18599
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 23
Marsden, Tom  P/MX 79301
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 23
Mason, George Hunter  P/KX 90779
Leading Stoker Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 25
May, Sidney James  C/SSX 30974
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
McLellan, Harold Benjamin Wilson  C/JX 259236
Leading Telegraphist Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 30
Milner, Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 25
Mortimer-Lamb, Robert John  C/JX 145875
Petty Officer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 23
O'Leary, Michael Thomas  D/MX 49539
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 25
Olding, Walter George  P/MX 46951
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 31
Rawe, James Alexander  P/JX 136102
Chief Petty Officer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 35
SSX12777
Salmon, Alfred William  P/JX 295724
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Saunders, Arthur  P/JX 155201
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Schofield, Bernard Philip  C/JX 241234
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 22
Seaborne, William Joseph Ronald  D/KX 94051
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 23
Shanks, Thomas Scott  (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 24
Sharp, Norman  D/JX 223594
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 25
Shepherd, John Veitch  P/KX 83132
Leading Stoker Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 28
Smith, William John  D/KX 145306
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
Songhurst, Thomas James  C/KX 83463
Stoker 1st Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 30
Taylor, James  C/MX 77617
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 23
Wardale, Irvin George  D/JX 303574
Able Seaman Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 21
At birth George Irvin
Wilson, William  P/SSX 18131
Petty Officer Died: 19-11-1943 Aged: 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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