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Umbra (P 35)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U2
Fate: Scrapped 9th July 1946 at Blyth.
Umbra (P 35)
Umbra (P 35)
Umbra (P 35)
Umbra (P 35)

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Commanders
1941: Lieutenant   John Dennis Martin
1941: Lieutenant   Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon
1942: Lieutenant   Stephen Lynch Conway Maydon
1943: Lieutenant   Philip Henry May MID
1943: Lieutenant   Arthur George Chandler MID
1944: Acting Lieutenant   Derek John Palmer (RNVR)
1944: Lieutenant   Samuel Stanley Brooks DSC MID
1944: Acting Lieutenant   James Neville Coombes (RNVR)
1944: Lieutenant Commander   Basil Tremayne Simons
1944: Lieutenant   William David Stewart Scott
1944: Acting Lieutenant   Henry John Stapleton (RNVR)
1945: Lieutenant   Roger Creswell Bucknall
1945: Acting Lieutenant   Hubert Charles Parker (RNVR)
1945: Lieutenant   Jack Seward Pearce (RNR)

1942: 10th Flotilla. Malta.

Events

 19-07-1940   Laid Down
 15-03-1941   Launched
 02-09-1941   Completed
 17-01-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian salvage vessel Rampino north-north-east of Sousse, Tunisia. Umbra picks up the Rampino's sole survivor.
 03-02-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Napoli about 30 nautical miles east of Sousse, Tunisia.
 18-04-1942   HMS Umbra attacks the Italian merchant Nino Bixio about 40 nautical miles south-west of Pantelleria Island. All torpedoes missed.
 19-04-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Assunta De Gregori off Sfax, Tunisia.
 15-06-1942   HMS Umbra fires torpedoes at the Italian battleship Littorio but the torpedoes miss the target. Later HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian heavy cruiser Trento.
 27-08-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian transport ship Manfredo Campiero about 35 nautical miles west of Cape Spada, Crete.
 27-09-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Francesco Barbaro some 50 nautical miles south-west of Cape Marathia, Zakynthos Island, Greece.
 23-10-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and destroys the grounded German supply ship Amsterdam off Khoms, near Tripoli, Libya. She also sinks the Italian tug Pronta that is trying to salvage the Amsterdam.
 17-11-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and damages the Italian troop transport Piemonte 4 nautical miles off Capo Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy.
 02-12-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sacro Cuore about 15 nautical miles east of Mahdia, Tunisia.
 09-12-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Süllberg south of Hammamet, Tunesia.
 13-12-1942   HMS Umbra torpedoes and damages the German troop transport Macedonia about 5 nautical miles north of Sousse, Tunisia.
 09-01-1943   HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Emilio Morandi about 35 nautical miles east-north-east of Sousse, Tunisia.
 11-01-1943   HMS Umbra damages the Italian sailing vessels Nuovo Domenico and Concetta Falco with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet.
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