| 1916 | E 17 (I 97) | Whilst patrolling north of Texel Island, HMS E17 struck an uncharted sandbank. Badly damaged the submarine was forced to surface. The Royal Netherlands Navy Cruiser Noord Brabant approached the stricken submarine to investigate. E17 believing the Cruiser was belligerent submerged, but owing to the damage was forced to surface again. E1 signalled the un-identified cruisers for assistance and her crew were taken off and interned. E17 finally sank at 1140 on Thursday 6th January 1916. |
| 1916 | W 1 | Completed |
| 1919 | P 554 | Laid down |
| 1925 | L 53 | Completed |
| 1931 | Thames (N 71) | Laid Down |
| 1940 | Tempest (N 86) | Laid Down |
| 1943 | Stygian (P 249) | Laid Down |
| 1944 | Untiring (P 59) | HMS Untiring torpedoes and sinks the German barge F 296 south of Moneglia, Italy. |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | |
| After leaving Alexandria on 17th October 1941 en-route home to the UK via Malta and Gibraltar, the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Greenway, was requested to carry out a short patrol off Cavioli Island after leaving Malta and before proceeding to Gibraltar. Her last recorded position was established with Submarine HMS P34 as being 37 Degrees 28 Minutes North, 12 Degrees 35 Minutes East in the Sicilian Channel on 27th October 1941. No more was heard from the submarine she was presumed to have been lost in a minefield either in the Sicilian Channel or off the Island of Cavioli on 27th October 1941. | |
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | |
| After leaving Alexandria on 17th October 1941 en-route home to the UK via Malta and Gibraltar, the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Greenway, was requested to carry out a short patrol off Cavioli Island after leaving Malta and before proceeding to Gibraltar. Her last recorded position was established with Submarine HMS P34 as being 37 Degrees 28 Minutes North, 12 Degrees 35 Minutes East in the Sicilian Channel on 27th October 1941. No more was heard from the submarine she was presumed to have been lost in a minefield either in the Sicilian Channel or off the Island of Cavioli on 27th October 1941. | |
Robert Wise's screen adaptation of the novel by Commander Edward L. Beach.
Commander Richardson (Clark Gable) is the only survivor when his submarine is sunk by the Japanese cruiser 'Bongo Pete'. Assigned a new command, Richardson becomes obsessed with revenge, ignoring orders to avoid the Japanese Bongo Straits and drilling his crew in manoeuvres designed to destroy Bongo Pete.
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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