| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | G |
| Fate: | Submarine G9 was on patrol in the North Sea on 16th September 1917 having left her base on the Tees on 9th September. The Submarine was in position between 60 degrees 30 minutes North and 61 degrees 30 minutes North. G9 apparently fired a torpedo at the ‘M’ Class Destroyer HMS Pasley believing the Destroyer to be a German U-Boat. The torpedo did not explode and HMS Pasley rammed the submarine, which sank. There was one survivor, Stoker William Alfred Drake. The remainder of the crew of G9 was lost. |
10th Flotilla. Tees.
These three medals are from the most peculiar of Barrow tragedies and are a reminder of how dangerous the life of a submariner can be.
Roll of Honour |
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| Baby, George Albert |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Bareham, Victor |
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| Barnes, Arthur Hector |
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| Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 21/07/1877 | ||||||
| Bastard, Ernest Edward DSM |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| RN DoB 22/10/1884. Actual 02/10/1885 | ||||||
| Buchanan, Frank Rae |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Cary, Byron Plantagenet DSO |
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| Lieutenant Commander | ||||||
| Commanding Officer | ||||||
| Cottrell, Clement Fraser |
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| Sub Lieutenant | ||||||
| Crook, Ernest Edward |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Dillin, William |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Dinnis, John Frederick |
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| Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||||||
| Dowsett, Stanley George |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 05/09/1891 | ||||||
| Goodbody, Albert Charles |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Goodey, Andrew Taylor |
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| Signalman | ||||||
| Hart, James Edward |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Hayes, Frederick Charles |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| RN DoB 01/07/1892 | ||||||
| John, Dewi George |
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| Engine Room Artificer | ||||||
| Served as John, George | ||||||
| Kennett, Charles Richard |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| RN DoB 21/07/1883 | ||||||
| Kuspert, Russell |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Lesley, Henry Norman |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Marchant, George William |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Marshall, Albert Edward Ernest |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 04/04/1895 | ||||||
| Mills, Robert Henry |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| RN DoB 01/08/1896 | ||||||
| Mitchell, William Henry |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Moller, Henry George |
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| Petty Officer Telegraphist | ||||||
| Morley, Harry |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Nicoll, James Rollo Macrossen |
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| Boy Telegraphist | ||||||
| Parrick, Cuthbert Percival |
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| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||||||
| Penfold, Ernest William |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Pinnell, Richard |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Richardson, Fred (RNR) |
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| Temporary Lieutenant | ||||||
| Smith, Allan Charles |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Underwood, Harry William Thomas |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Williams, Albert Rees |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| 08-12-1914 | Laid Down |
| 15-06-1916 | Launched |
| 22-08-1916 | Completed |
| 16-01-1917 | G9 left the Tees on 9th September 1917. On the 16th she was on patrol off Norway between 60 degrees 30 minutes north and 61 degrees 30 minutes north. It was a very dark night and G9 knew an enemy submarine was in the vicinity. There was heavy rain, with sea state 5 and wind force 4-5. Whilst on the surface, G9 fired two torpedoes at the destroyer HMS Pasley in mistake for German U-boat and was preparing to launch the stern tube torpedo before she was rammed. One torpedo missed Pasley, the other failed to detonate because of the acute angle of impact. The destroyer rammed the submarine. There was only one survivor. The CO of Pasley had received no instructions regarding probable presence of British submarines in this area. The subsequent Court of Enquiry attributed no blame to Pasley. |
Telemachus (P 321) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
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| Build Group: | T 3 |
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Fate: Scrapped 25th August 1961 at Charlestown. |
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Hans Goebeler is known as the man who 'pulled the plug' on U-505 in 1944 to keep his beloved U-boat out of Allied hands. 'Steel Boat, Iron Hearts' is his no-holds-barred account of service aboard a combat U-boat. It is the only full-length memoir of its kind, and Goebeler was aboard for every one of U-505's war patrols.
Using his own experiences, log books, and correspondence with other U-boat crewmen, Goebeler offers rich and very personal details about what life was like in the German Navy under Hitler. Because his first and last posting was to U-505, Goebeler's perspective of the crew, commanders, and war patrols paints a vivid and complete portrait unlike any other to come out of the Kriegsmarine.
He witnessed it all: from deadly sabotage efforts that almost sunk the boat to the tragic suicide of the only U-boat commander who took his life during Wwii; from the terror and exhilaration of hunting the enemy, to the seedy brothels of France. The vivid, honest, and smooth-flowing prose calls it like it was and pulls no punches.
U-505 was captured by Captain Dan Gallery's Guadalcanal Task Group 22.3 on June 4, 1944. Trapped by this 'Hunter-Killer' group, U-505 was depth-charged to the surface, strafed by machine gun fire, and boarded. It was the first ship captured at sea since the War of 1812!
Today, hundreds of thousands of visitors tour U-505 each year at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Included a special Introduction by Keith Gill, Curator of U-505, Museum of Science and Industry. A
uthor Hans Jacob Goebeler served as control room mate aboard U-505. He died in 1999, and author John P. Vanzo is a former defense program analyst. He teaches political science and geography at Bainbridge College in Georgia.
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Telemachus (P 321) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
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Fate: Scrapped 25th August 1961 at Charlestown. |
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Hans Goebeler is known as the man who 'pulled the plug' on U-505 in 1944 to keep his beloved U-boat out of Allied hands. 'Steel Boat, Iron Hearts' is his no-holds-barred account of service aboard a combat U-boat. It is the only full-length memoir of its kind, and Goebeler was aboard for every one of U-505's war patrols.
Using his own experiences, log books, and correspondence with other U-boat crewmen, Goebeler offers rich and very personal details about what life was like in the German Navy under Hitler. Because his first and last posting was to U-505, Goebeler's perspective of the crew, commanders, and war patrols paints a vivid and complete portrait unlike any other to come out of the Kriegsmarine.
He witnessed it all: from deadly sabotage efforts that almost sunk the boat to the tragic suicide of the only U-boat commander who took his life during Wwii; from the terror and exhilaration of hunting the enemy, to the seedy brothels of France. The vivid, honest, and smooth-flowing prose calls it like it was and pulls no punches.
U-505 was captured by Captain Dan Gallery's Guadalcanal Task Group 22.3 on June 4, 1944. Trapped by this 'Hunter-Killer' group, U-505 was depth-charged to the surface, strafed by machine gun fire, and boarded. It was the first ship captured at sea since the War of 1812!
Today, hundreds of thousands of visitors tour U-505 each year at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Included a special Introduction by Keith Gill, Curator of U-505, Museum of Science and Industry. A
uthor Hans Jacob Goebeler served as control room mate aboard U-505. He died in 1999, and author John P. Vanzo is a former defense program analyst. He teaches political science and geography at Bainbridge College in Georgia.
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