| 1915 | E 30 | Launched |
| 1915 | H 9 | Completed |
| 1915 | H 10 | Completed |
| 1918 | H 28 | Completed |
| 1918 | R 7 | Completed |
| 1926 | Oxley (N 55) | Launched |
| 1938 | Thetis (N 25) | Launched |
| 1938 | Thunderbolt (N 25) | Launched |
| 1940 | Talisman (N 78) | Completed |
| 1941 | Urge (N 17) | HMS Urge attacks and claims to have damaged the 10,000 ton Italian heavy cruiser Bolzano with four torpedoes east of Sicily in position 37`55'N 15`35'E. |
| 1942 | Thrasher (N 37) | HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian sloop Diana north of Tobruk, Libya. |
| 1943 | Sportsman (P 229) | HMS Sportsman torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolzaneto 10 nautical miles bearing 270 of La Spezia, Italy. |
| 1943 | Stoic (P 231) | Completed |
| 1944 | Sturdy (P 248) | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges off the west coast of Siam. |
| 1944 | Truculent (P 315) | HMS Truculent sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges in the Malacca Strait. |
How the British navy hid the heroic voyage of crippled second world war submarine HMS Triumph.
In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survival against the odds.
My research involves looking at how the British media covered the second world war. When I came across this story, I was struck by the way in which the navy kept the it quiet for nearly two years.
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
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How the British navy hid the heroic voyage of crippled second world war submarine HMS Triumph.
In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survival against the odds.
My research involves looking at how the British media covered the second world war. When I came across this story, I was struck by the way in which the navy kept the it quiet for nearly two years.
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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