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Torbay (N79)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: T 1
Fate: Scrapped in March 1947 at Briton Ferry.
Torbay entering Algiers flying her Jolly Roger
Torbay entering Algiers flying her Jolly Roger
Torbay (N79)
Torbay (N79)
Torbay (N79)
Torbay (N79)

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Lieutenant Commander Anthony Cecil Chapel Miers

Lieutenant Commander Miers sighted a northbound convoy of four troopships entering the South Corfu Channel and since they had been too far distant for him to attack initially, he decided to follow in the hope of catching them in Corfu Harbour.

Events

21-11-1938 Laid Down
19-04-1940 Launched
14-01-1941 Completed
30-05-1941 HMS Torbay sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire in the Aegean Sea.
01-06-1941 HMS Torbay sinks Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Doro Channel, Greece.
03-06-1941 HMS Torbay sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Mitylene, Lesbos, Greece.
06-06-1941 HMS Torbay damages the Vichy French tanker Alberta with gunfire of Cape Hellas.
10-06-1941 HMS Torbay makes three attack runs on an Italian convoy off the Dardenelles. The first attack at 0940 hours failed to produce any results, the second attack at 1043 hours resulted in a torpedo hit on the Italian tanker Utilitas. Unfortunately the torpedo failed to explode. In the third attack at 1208 hours the Italian tanker Giuseppina Ghirardi as torpedoed and sunk 8 nautical miles off Cape Hellas.
11-06-1941 HMS Torbay rams and sinks a Greek sailing vessel 15 nautical miles south off Mitylene, Lesbos, Greece.
12-06-1941 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Gesu E Maria with gunfire off Skyros, Greece.
30-06-1941 HMS Torbay sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Cape Malea, Greece.
02-07-1941 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Tripoli in the Zea Channel, Greece.
04-07-1941 HMS Torbay sinks two German sailing vessels with gunfire in the Doro Channel.
05-07-1941 The Italian submarine Jantina was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean south of Mykonos, Greece.
06-07-1941 British submarine Torbay sinks the Italian submarine Jantina
08-07-1941 Around 1130 hours HMS Torbay sinks the German sailing vessels L XIV and L I with gunfire and scuttling charges east of Kythera, Greece.
09-07-1941 HMS Torbay sinks the German sailing vessels L V, L XII and L VI, with gunfire and scuttling charges about 10 nautical miles north of Antikythera, Greece and damages the Italian oiler Strombo in the Zea Channel.
12-08-1941 HMS Torbay attacks an Italian convoy 4 nautical miles west of Benghazi, Libya. The four torpedoes fired against the Italian merchants Bosforo and Iseo all miss their targets and Torbay is heavily depth charged following this attack.
16-08-1941 HMS Torbay sinks the sailing vessel Evangelista with scuttling charges off Cape Matapan.
10-09-1941 HMS Torbay torpedoes and damages the German merchant Norburg inside Iraklion harbour, Crete.
15-10-1941 HMS Torbay bombards the port of Apollonia
11-12-1941 HMS Torbay sinks the Greek sailing vessel Sofia with gunfire north-west of Suda Bay, Crete.
12-12-1941 HMS Torbay sinks the Greek sailing vessel P III with gunfire north-west of Suda Bay, Crete.
15-12-1941 HMS Torbay sinks three Greek sailing vessels with gunfire off Cape Methene.
22-12-1941 HMS Torbay sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire off Cape Methene..
23-12-1941 HMS Torbay torpedoes and further damages the Italian destroyer Aviere at Navarino harbour. The Aviere was already grounded.
27-02-1942 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Lido about 15 nautical miles south of Antipaxe, Korfu, Greece.
04-03-1942 The HMS Torbay, under Commander Miers, followed an Axis convoy and succeeded in penetrating the heavily defended anchorage at Corfu. Torbay proceeded to fire torpedoes at two large transports and a destroyer - both transports were reported sunk - then retreated out to sea under very heavy depth charge attack. Torbay escaped successfully, and Miers was awarded the Victoria Cross for the exploit.
05-03-1942 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Maddalena G. off Korfu, Greece.
09-04-1942 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel R 113/Avanguardista with gunfire off Patras, Greece.
11-04-1942 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Gesu Crocifisso with gunfire north-west of Korfu.
18-04-1942 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the German army cargo ship Bellona in the Ionian Sea about 50 nautical miles east-south-east of Capo Colonna, Italy.
19-04-1942 HMS Torbay sinks the German auxiliary submarine chaser 13 V 2/Delpa II with gunfire north of Crete.
11-02-1943 HMS Torbay sinks the Danish merchant Grete off Cape Oropesa, Spain.
25-02-1943 HMS Torbay damages the Italian auxiliary minesweeper Monte Argentario with gunfire off Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
26-02-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Spanish merchant Juan de Astigarraga off San Remo, Italy. Torbay also sinks the French merchant Oasis with scuttling charges about 30 nautical miles south of Cape Mele, Italy. Both ships were under German control.
28-02-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ischia off Portofino, Italy.
03-03-1943 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Gesu Guiseppe E Maria with gunfire off Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.
28-03-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Lillios off Cape Scalea, Italy.
01-04-1943 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian fishing vessel Madonna di Porto Salvo with gunfire 8 nautical miles off Punta Licosa, Italy.
11-04-1943 HMS Torbay claims the sinking of a sailing vessel with gunfire off Corfu, Greece.
17-07-1943 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Pozzalo 5 nautical miles west of Civitavecchia, Italy.
18-07-1943 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V 90/San Girolamo with gunfire south-east of Giglio, Italy.
23-07-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian Aderno off Civitavecchia, Italy.
31-08-1943 HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Columbo with gunfire 15 nautical miles west of Kos, Greece.
02-09-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the small Italian merchant Versilia off Paros Island, Greece.
15-10-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the small Italian merchant Tarquinia off Kalymnos, Greece and a Greek fishing vessel with gunfire east of Leros, Greece.

Following these sinkings Torbay had an encounter with the German Q-ship GA 45. Torbay's periscope was sighted first by GA 45 which dropped 5 depth-charges very close. Later Torbay surfaced intending to dispose of GA 45 with her gun but the German vessel was very alert and opened an accurate fire as soon as the submarine surfaced and forced her to break off the action. She did not drop any further depth-charges which led Torbay to conclude that she was out of depth-charges. The submarine was not damaged during this encounter.
16-10-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the German troopship Kari and torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant (in German service) Trapani east of Naxos, Greece.
21-11-1943 HMS Torbay sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire west of Psathoura Island, Greece.
22-11-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks a German floating dock north of Skiathos Island, Greece.
26-11-1943 HMS Torbay fires three torpedoes against the German merchant Salomea off Lemnos island, Greece. All three torpedoes missed.
27-11-1943 HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Palma off Karlovasi, Samos, Greece.
25-12-1943 HMS Torbay damages a sailing vessel with gunfire off Cape Stavros, Crete, Greece
26-01-1944 HMS Torbay fires 5 torpedoes against the German merchant Leda south of Amorgos Island, Greece. All torpedoes missed.
31-01-1944 HMS Torbay sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Lemnos Island, Greece.
16-03-1945 HMS Torbay damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the west coast of Siam.
24-04-1945 HMS Torbay sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
30-04-1945 HMS Torbay sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with scuttling charges in the Strait of Malacca.
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