| 1940 | Dunkirk | Dunkirk town is held despite the shrinking of the perimeter. Evacuation at night results in 26,256 men evacuated. The last of the British troops are evacuated. There remain plenty of ships, but the 60,000 French troops have no evacuation orders. |
| 1942 | Turbulent (N 98) | HMS Turbulent twice attacks the German submarine U-81. All 7 torpedoes miss the target. |
| 1942 | Montclare (F85) 1939 - 1958 | Sold to the Admiralty for conversion to a submarine depot ship |
| 1942 | Traveller (N 48) | HMS Traveller conducted exercises off Gibraltar together with P42 and P43 |
| 1943 | Tantalus (P 318) | Completed |
| 1943 | Unswerving (P 63) | Launched |
| 1944 | Tantalus (P 318) | HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 1944 | Ultor (P 53) | HMS Ultor sinks the German patrol vessel SG-11 north of Port Vendres, southern France. |
| 1944 | Vulpine (P 79) | Completed |
| 1945 | Trident (N 52) | HMS Trident sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demoliotion charges in the Strait of Malacca. |
An officer who wished to join the Submarine Service had first to receive a recommendation from his own Captain. He then had to produce either a first-class certificate for his Torpedo examination for Lieutenant or, if he had not that qualification, a certificate from the Torpedo Lieutenant of his ship to the effect that he showed special zeal in that branch of his duties.
Between 1942 and 1944 HMS Seraph was engaged in unusual but vital wartime assignments, including carrying Eisenhower's deputy, General Mark Clark, through the Mediterranean to a hazardous rendezvous with the Free French as a prelude to the North African invasion, as well as the dramatic rescue of General Giraud from Vichy France in rough sea right under the nose of the enemy. Her most famous mission however was Operation Mincemeat where she aided the allies in deceiving their enemy about the invasion of Sicily.
Yet what made these missions even more extraordinary was the fact that this 'Secret Mission Submarine' had the unusual distinction of having two captains, Royal Navy Lieutenant Bill Jewell who was in operational control and Captain Jerauld Wright of the United States Navy who commanded for political purposes.
Terence Robertson uncovers the history of this extraordinary submarine and how these two captains collaborated to pull off some of the most remarkable operations in the Second World War.
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An officer who wished to join the Submarine Service had first to receive a recommendation from his own Captain. He then had to produce either a first-class certificate for his Torpedo examination for Lieutenant or, if he had not that qualification, a certificate from the Torpedo Lieutenant of his ship to the effect that he showed special zeal in that branch of his duties.
Between 1942 and 1944 HMS Seraph was engaged in unusual but vital wartime assignments, including carrying Eisenhower's deputy, General Mark Clark, through the Mediterranean to a hazardous rendezvous with the Free French as a prelude to the North African invasion, as well as the dramatic rescue of General Giraud from Vichy France in rough sea right under the nose of the enemy. Her most famous mission however was Operation Mincemeat where she aided the allies in deceiving their enemy about the invasion of Sicily.
Yet what made these missions even more extraordinary was the fact that this 'Secret Mission Submarine' had the unusual distinction of having two captains, Royal Navy Lieutenant Bill Jewell who was in operational control and Captain Jerauld Wright of the United States Navy who commanded for political purposes.
Terence Robertson uncovers the history of this extraordinary submarine and how these two captains collaborated to pull off some of the most remarkable operations in the Second World War.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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