| 1911 | D 5 (I 75) | Launched |
| 1914 | K 17 | The fearless led the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich force, and fought at the Heligoland Bight action on August 28,1914 |
| 1916 | L 5 | Laid Down |
| 1936 | Triton (N 15) | Laid Down |
| 1938 | Oxley (N 55) | HMS Oxley arrived at Dundee. |
| 1939 | O 20 (Dutch) | Commissioned |
| 1941 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Cilicia about 40 nautical miles south-south-west of Schiza Island. |
| 1941 | Uredd (P 41) | Launched |
| 1943 | Sickle (P 224) | HMS Sickle torpedoes and sinks the German escort vessel SG-10/Felix Henri east of Corsica, France. |
| 1943 | Ultor (P 53) | HMS Ultor sinks the Italian torpedo boat Lince off Punta Alice, Italy. |
| 1943 | Unseen (P 51) | HMS Unseen sank an Italian auxiliary patrol vessel, V216/Fabiola, off Vlorë, Albania, with a mixture of gunfire and scuttling charges. |
| 1996 | Repulse (S 23) | Decommissioned |
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.
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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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.
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.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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