Saracen (P 247) |
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| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Sunk after a depth charge attack on 14th August 1943 by the Italian Corvettes Minerva (Lieutenant Mario Baroglio) and Evterpe (Lieutenant Antonio March). Two members of the crew were lost in the sinking. The remainder of the crew were taken Prisoner of War |
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| Dowen, James William | ||||||
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| Elliott, Roy Charlton | ||||||
| Acting Sub Lieutenant | ||||||
| A Prisoner of War in Italy from Submarine HMS Saracen, he had been sent to Rome with the other Officers from Saracen but he escaped and made his way to the Vatican City but, unfortunately, he died after a fall from a window at the Vatican. The son of Christopher Charlton Elliot and his wife Margaret of Woodlands, Station Road, Benton, Northumberland. |
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| Holt, William DSM | ||||||
| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| A Prisoner of War in Italy from Submarine HMS Saracen, he tried to make his way to Allied lines after the Italian surrender but was arrested and held in Perugia jail before being transferred to the Dachau and then the Buchenwald Concentration Camps. After an intervention by a Czechoslovak interpreter he was sent to Stalag XVIIIC at Markt Pongau, Austria. It is understood that he was beaten by camp guards damaging his health and he later died from pneumonia. He was the husband of Gladys Holt |
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| Ward, Ronald George DSM* | ||||||
| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
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| Hibbert, James G | ||||||
| Telegraphist | ||||||
| He was a Prisoner of War in Italy after HMS Saracen was sunk. He is reported to have died in Rome from injuries received whilst attempting to escape. | ||||||
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: | 1902 - 1920: A Class |
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| Build Group: | A1 |
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Fate: Foundered in Bomb Ketch Lake Portsmouth in January 1920. Sold 22/10/1925 to H J Pounds of Portsmouth |
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After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
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A 2 |
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| Class: | 1902 - 1920: A Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | A1 |
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Fate: Foundered in Bomb Ketch Lake Portsmouth in January 1920. Sold 22/10/1925 to H J Pounds of Portsmouth |
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After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
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