Sunfish (N 81) / V1 (USSR) |
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| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S2 |
| Fate: | Bombed and sunk by a Liberator of No.86 Squadron, RAF on the 27th July 1944 while serving as Russian submarine V1 of the 9th Flottilla. |
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| Ravensdale, Sidney | ||||||
| Petty Officer Telegraphist | ||||||
| Serving as Communications Liaison in the Russian Submarine B1 (ex HMS Sunfish) | ||||||
| Died when submarine B1 was sunk in error by RAF aircraft whilst en-route to Russia. Sidney Ravensdale had previously served in Submarines from 30th December 1927 to 23rd February 1932. He was recalled for further service in Submarines at the time of the Munich Crisis in 1938 and again on the outbreak of WWII in 1939. The son of Richard and Grace Hannah Ravensdale. A Royal Fleet Reservist (RFR/Po/B.18208) and the husband of Violet Ruby Ravensdale (nee Jay) |
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| Andrews, Thomas Edward | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Died from injuries sustained in a fall from a train at Winwick, near Warrington, Lancashire. He was the son of Henry and Lottie Andrews of Brierley Hill. Liverpool Echo Friday 28th April 1944: TRAGEDY OF A FAMILY TWO SONS DEAD. ONE PRISONER, FOURTH LOST FROM TRAIN Recording an open verdict at the Winwick, near Warrington, inquest, today, on Thomas Edward Andrews, aged 19, Royal Navy stoker, of Brierley Hill. Staffs.. Coroner C. Bolton said was a very sad case, because Mr and Mrs Andrews had already lost two sons in this war while another son was a prisoner of war. Evidence showed that Andrews boarded a corridor train at Glasgow and before it reached Crewe one of the doors was opened. The coroner said no-one would ever know exactly how the fatality occurred. NOTE. Thomas Andrews’ two brothers who were also lost in the War were a Petty Officer lost in HMS Veteran and a Private in the South Staffordshire Regiment (2nd Airborne Battalion) who was killed in Libya. |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
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We Will Remember Them |
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| Class: | 1993 - Present: Vanguard Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSBN2 |
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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| Class: | 1993 - Present: Vanguard Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSBN2 |
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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