| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow)/ Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | Cancelled in 1945 |
Ordered 18 Apr 1942. Originally to be built by Vickers but building contract transferred to Scotts
Was to be namd Talent
Triton (N 15) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
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| Build Group: | T 1 |
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Fate: On 28 November 1940, Triton left Malta for a patrol in the southern Adriatic Sea. On 6 December, the Italian merchant Olimpia was torpedoed by a British submarine in the area. Her distress message was picked up by the Royal Navy, which assumed that the attack had been carried out by Triton. The submarine was never heard from again, and was declared lost with all hands on 18 December. Olimpia was successfully towed to port by Italian escort units. The Italian Navy claimed that Triton was sunk by torpedo boats, probably Confienza, possibly by Clio, but the date cited was several days after contact was lost. British sources claimed that Triton was sunk by naval mines in the Strait of Otranto |
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Triton (N 15) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
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Fate: On 28 November 1940, Triton left Malta for a patrol in the southern Adriatic Sea. On 6 December, the Italian merchant Olimpia was torpedoed by a British submarine in the area. Her distress message was picked up by the Royal Navy, which assumed that the attack had been carried out by Triton. The submarine was never heard from again, and was declared lost with all hands on 18 December. Olimpia was successfully towed to port by Italian escort units. The Italian Navy claimed that Triton was sunk by torpedo boats, probably Confienza, possibly by Clio, but the date cited was several days after contact was lost. British sources claimed that Triton was sunk by naval mines in the Strait of Otranto |
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