Tribune (N 76)
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in July 1947 at Milford Haven. |
Tribune (N 76)
Commanders
| 1938: | Lieutenant Commander George Philip Sevier Davies |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Edward Francis Balston |
| 1941: | Lieutenant John Henry Bromage DSC |
| 1941: | Lieutenant Commander William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye |
| 1941: | Lieutenant Richard Gatehouse |
| 1941: | Lieutenant Commander Robert Galliano Norfolk |
| 1942: | Lieutenant Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant Norman Jack Coe (RNR) DSC MID |
| 1942: | Lieutenant Lennox William Napier |
| 1942: | Sub Lieutenant Anthony Francis Murray-Johnson |
| 1943: | Lieutenant Commander Walter Neal Eade |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Aston Dalzell Piper (RNR) DSC |
| 1945: | Lieutenant John Paton Fyfe |
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 28-07-1944 | |||||
| Hagan, James C/SSX 14034 | |||||
| Leading Seaman | Born: 01-10-1913 | Died: 28-07-1944 | Aged: 30 | ||
| from Gateshead, County Durham | |||||
| Died in the in the Newcastle on Tyne General Hospital from an abscess on the lung. At the time his submarine, HMS Tribune, was refitting in the Swan Hunter Shipyard at Wallsend. |
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Events
| 03-03-1937 | Laid Down |
| 08-12-1938 | Launched |
| 17-10-1939 | Completed |
| 17-01-1940 | HMS Tribune fires 6 torpedoes against an enemy submarine in the Skagerrak about 15 nautical miles east-north-east of Skagen, Denmark. |
| 22-06-1940 | HMS Tribune makes a torpedo attack on an enemy merchant off Standlandet, Norway. All torpedoes missed. |
| 06-09-1940 | HMS Tribune attacks German submarine U-56 about 15 nautical miles north-east of St. Kilda, Hebrides. Two torpedoes were fired but missed. |
| 16-12-1940 | HMS Tribune attacks the German tanker Karibisches Meer in the Bay of Biscay east of Ile de Yeu, France. All torpedoes missed. |
| 19-12-1940 | HMS Tribune attacks the German merchant Birkenfels in the Bay of Biscay west-south-west of Belle Ile, France. All torpedoes missed. |
| 10-01-1943 | HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the French merchant Dalny 15 nautical miles from San Remo, Italy. |
| 11-01-1943 | HMS Tribune again torpedoes and damages the (now beached) French merchant Dalny off Cape Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 22-03-1943 | HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the German tanker President Herrenschmidt about 10 nautical miles north-west of Cape Suvero. |
| 30-03-1943 | HMS Tribune unsuccesfully fires four torpedoes at the Italian merchant Benevento about 50 nautical miles north of Ustica, Italy |
Comments
Comment by: Ian Sutherland on April 21, 2016
HMS TRIBUNE landed a special services party on a beach near Ajaccio in Corsica in Feb '43. There is a beautiful memorial to the party placed on the 50th anniversary and I am looking for more information.
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