| 1917 | C 34 (I 64) | Lost, torpedoed by U52 off the Shetlands. The only survivor was Sto1 Frank Scoble who was rescued by U-52 and taken Prisoner of War. |
| 1926 | H 21 | Sold for Breaking up |
| 1929 | Regulus (N 88) | Laid Down |
| 1941 | Thrasher (N 37) | HMS Thrasher heavily damages the French fishing vessel Virgo Fidelis with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay off San Sebastian, Spain. |
| 1943 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Pozzalo 5 nautical miles west of Civitavecchia, Italy. |
| 1943 | Talent (P 322) / Zwaardvisch (Dutch) | Launched as HMS Talent, but was not commissioned into the Royal Navy |
| 1944 | Telemachus (P 321) | HMS Telemachus Sank a Japanese Kaigun Class submarine 17 July 1944 close to Singapore |
| 1944 | Tantalus (P 318) | HMS Tantalus misses the Japanese submarine I-166 with torpedoes in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 1945 | Thule (P 325) | HMS Thule sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the north coast of Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 1959 | Templar (P 316) | Scrapped at Troon. |
| 2003 | Splendid (S 106) | HMS Splendid arrives at Faslane from final deployment before decommissioning. |
During the Second World War, British submarines operating in the Mediterranean played a critical role from 1941 in the defeat of German and Italian land forces in North Africa, thus enabling the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943. Today most of those involved and their vessels have disappeared into files in the National Archives at Kew, thumbed over by researchers, yet neglected by the wider world.
One such individual is Lt Cdr Michael Willmott DSO, commanding officer of the submarine HMS , manned by a crew of 63, lost without trace at sea on 18th/19th September 1942, having, in all probability, hit an enemy mine. This is Willmott's story.
New Year 1915. The world is locked in a terrible conflict, and Winston Churchill has conceived of a bold plan. Constantinople would be seized and Turkey knocked out of the war. The key is the Dardanelles.
The British submarine E14 approached the portal of the Ottoman Empire, viewing the ominous darkness from its small conning tower, eight feet above the waves. Its commander, Courtney Boyle, had told his superiors he thought the voyage, probably the longest dive ever contemplated in a submarine, was impossible. It would also take him past the wreckage of the submarines that had tried to pass that way in the days before: their dead buried on the beach, their survivors in captivity.
The crew had said their goodbyes. They had written their farewell letters and given them into safekeeping, knowing that the chances were now against their survival. This book sets out what happened next and tells the story of the pioneering submarines of the Dardanelles.
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During the Second World War, British submarines operating in the Mediterranean played a critical role from 1941 in the defeat of German and Italian land forces in North Africa, thus enabling the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943. Today most of those involved and their vessels have disappeared into files in the National Archives at Kew, thumbed over by researchers, yet neglected by the wider world.
One such individual is Lt Cdr Michael Willmott DSO, commanding officer of the submarine HMS , manned by a crew of 63, lost without trace at sea on 18th/19th September 1942, having, in all probability, hit an enemy mine. This is Willmott's story.
New Year 1915. The world is locked in a terrible conflict, and Winston Churchill has conceived of a bold plan. Constantinople would be seized and Turkey knocked out of the war. The key is the Dardanelles.
The British submarine E14 approached the portal of the Ottoman Empire, viewing the ominous darkness from its small conning tower, eight feet above the waves. Its commander, Courtney Boyle, had told his superiors he thought the voyage, probably the longest dive ever contemplated in a submarine, was impossible. It would also take him past the wreckage of the submarines that had tried to pass that way in the days before: their dead buried on the beach, their survivors in captivity.
The crew had said their goodbyes. They had written their farewell letters and given them into safekeeping, knowing that the chances were now against their survival. This book sets out what happened next and tells the story of the pioneering submarines of the Dardanelles.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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