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Tempest (N 86)
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Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: T 2
Fate: Scuttled in the Gulf of Taranto on 13th February, 1942

The boat was detected, and there followed a seven-hour depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Circe (Capitano di Corvetta Stephanino Palmas). Following an epic struggle, the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas.

The Italians botched the rescue, and of the crew of sixty-three there were twenty-four survivors (twenty-three out of sixty-two, according to the Coxswain). The remainder were lost

Look up Tempest (N 86) in the Boat Database

 
D/JX 167231
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 21
Burns, John Hugh Paul
Able Seaman
C/JX 266184
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 31
Cronin, Alfred john
Able Seaman
D/JX 203162
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Eales, Robert Charles
Able Seaman
C/JX 152623
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 24
Meek, Joseph Anthony
Able Seaman
C/SSX 33930
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 19
Pritchard, Hugh
Able Seaman
D/JX 206092
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Waters, Christopher Paul
Able Seaman
P/SSX 21188
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Waugh, Andrew
Able Seaman
C/SSX 17514
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 24
Whitfield, Harry Cromwell
Able Seaman
D/JX 137378
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 25
Williams, David Isaac
Able Seaman
D/JX 198481
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Winter, John Leslie
Able Seaman
D/JX 153135
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Worth, Alan George
Able Seaman
C/M 37007
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 35
Stevens, Frederick Arthur
Chief Engine Room Artificer
P/K 60766
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 40
Spowart, Albert
Chief Stoker
C/MX 73098
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 34
Cameron, Donald
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Buried in Bari
P/MX 78277
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Loose, Douglas Edwin Alfred
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
C/MX 54986
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 23
Parsons, George Emmanuel Henry
Leading Cook
P/SSX 23655
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Frain, Christopher
Leading Seaman
C/SSX 20128
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 23
Lowin, Ernest Thomas Joseph
Leading Seaman
P/LX 21906
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 26
Shipley, Edward
Leading Steward
D/KX 79574
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 32
Jury, Archie Edward
Leading Stoker
C/KX 91739
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 26
Waddell, Christopher McTaggart
Leading Stoker
P/JX 143981
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 21
Baines, Edward Lewis
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 21
Neel-Wall, Michael Neel
Lieutenant
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 35
Cavaye, William Alexander Keith Napier
Lieutenant Commander
D/JX 140126
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 25
Burns, John
Petty Officer
D/MX 49082
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 28
Gomer, Ronald Charles
Petty Officer Cook
D/JX 138319
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 24
Sanders, John Alfred
Petty Officer Telegraphist
P/JX 154013
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Drew, Frederick
Signalman
P/KX 88439
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 29
Collett, Albert Harry
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 114379
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Cope, Thomas Smith
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 93965
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Hardy, George Frederick
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 93894
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 29
Kelly, Daniel
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 82135
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 28
Lavender, Fred
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 80906
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 30
Morrison, John
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 93380
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Rear, Frederick
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 132023
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 19
Davies, George William
Stoker 2nd Class
D/KX 82259
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 27
Fiddes, Ernest Herbert Alfred MID
Stoker Petty Officer
P/KX 85580
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 25
Wainwright, Reginald John
Stoker Petty Officer
P/JX 157500
Died: 13th Feb, 1942.
Aged: 19
Jackson, Peter George William
Telegraphist

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A Tribute To Submariners

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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