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Triad (N 53)
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Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: T 1
Fate: On 15th October 1940, the Italian submarine Enrico Toto (C.C. Bandino Bandini) encountered HMS Traid south west of Calabria in position 38°16'N, 17°37'E.

The Submarines passed at close range on opposite courses as the Italian submarine engaged with machine-gun fire and three rounds of 4" from her deck gun, claiming two direct hits. HMS Triad fired back scoring a hit on the conning tower of Enrico Toti but this caused only slight damage and wounded two sailors. Triad’s torpedo missed the Italian submarine by a few yards.

Triad pulled away and dived but Enrico Toti had fired a torpedo which made a direct hit. Triad was lost with all hands.

Look up Triad (N 53) in the Boat Database

 
C/SSX 15824
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Dunn, Edward Joseph
Able Seaman
P/JX 134110
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 26
Harris, Cecil Albert Frederick
Able Seaman
P/JX 141266
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 21
Hume, Thomas William
Able Seaman
D/JX 147064
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Jonsson, Albert Frederick Frank
Able Seaman
C/LX 23743
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 27
Shelley, George Alfred
Assistant Steward
P/M 21997
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 39
Buchanan, John Gibson DSM
Chief Engine Room Artificer
D/MX 46535
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Hayward, Albert Edward MID
Chief Engine Room Artificer
C/JX 128624
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 29
Johnson, Frank Walter
Chief Petty Officer
P/MX 47220
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 34
Edney, Arthur Alfred DSM
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class
C/MX 49874
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Guy, Henry
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
D/MX 51874
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 29
Hardy, Thomas
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
P/MX 58294
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Dunstane, William Albert Charles James
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 29
Collinge, William Edmund DSC
Engineer Lieutenant
P/M 38715
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 35
Edden, Charles Henry
Leading Cook
D/JX 136455
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Anderson, Thomas Alexander Clifton MID
Leading Seaman
P/JX 137444
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Blondel, Leonard Maurice
Leading Seaman
C/JX 139810
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 22
Bradshaw, Albert Philip
Leading Seaman
C/JX 140353
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 22
Cullingford, George Baker
Leading Seaman
P/J 107529
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Dunford, William Ernest
Leading Seaman
P/JX 140903
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 21
Ford, Albert Victor
Leading Seaman
C/JX 166510
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 31
Jones, John Horace Gordon
Leading Seaman
C/JX 138265
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Simcox, Walter Ernest
Leading Seaman
P/JX 131816
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 27
Wood, Harry Malcolm Sydney
Leading Signalman
D/LX 21374
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Appleby, James
Leading Steward
C/KX 86676
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Robbins, Ronald Harry Hurford
Leading Stoker
C/KX 84445
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 27
Smith, Jack Rufus
Leading Stoker
C/KX 84363
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 25
Thompson, William Ronald
Leading Stoker
P/K 59163
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 39
Whitebread, Albert Edward
Leading Stoker
P/JX 145364
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 20
Morris, Frank Ernest John
Leading Telegraphist
P/JX 137776
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Westbrook, Cyril Thomas
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Brown, Lionel James (RNR)
Lieutenant
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 26
Keith-Roach, Martin DSC
Lieutenant
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 32
Salt, George Stevenson
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
D/JX 176316
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 21
Barlas, William
Ordinary Seaman
D/JX 131180
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Dunlop, Edward
Petty Officer
P/J 113202
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 32
Morgan, Percy
Petty Officer
P/J 101818
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 35
White, Charles Horace DSM
Petty Officer
C/JX 132482
Born: 14th Oct, 1912.
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Andrews, John William DSM
Petty Officer Telegraphist
P/KX 89095
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 22
Bettison, Kenneth William
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 85559
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Evans, Jack Marshall
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 93071
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 20
Giles, Frank Ernest
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 93122
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 26
Gooch, Leonard Thomas
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 84927
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Horton, Robert
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 75860
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 33
Howells, David John
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 90220
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Ingram, John Mathieson Fleming
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 84885
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 24
Rickerby, Isaac
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 91768
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 21
Thomas, William Stanley
Stoker 1st Class
C/K 66988
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 35
Bevan, Sidney Thomas
Stoker Petty Officer
D/KX 76525
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 32
Porteous, Thomas Henry DSM
Stoker Petty Officer
P/KX 75150
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 33
Skinner, Wilfred
Stoker Petty Officer
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 28
Dean, Herbert
Sub Lieutenant
 
P/JX 151868
Died: 23rd Oct, 0040.
Aged: 23
Eccles, Jack
Telegraphist
Died in Gibraltar after boat was reported overdue/missing.
 
C/JX 140208
Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
Aged: 23
Williams, William Richard MID
Telegraphist

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