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Surnames containing 'Wells'

Triad (N 53)
Howells, David John D/KX 75860
		Died: 15th Oct, 1940.
	Stoker 1st Class	Aged: 33

L 55
Wells, Charles Tingay J 23612
		Died: 9th Jun, 1919.
	Able Seaman	Aged: 23

Narwhal (N 45)
Wells, George Harry P/K 66454
		Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
	Stoker Petty Officer	Aged: 36

E 41
Wells, John K17402
		Died: 15th Aug, 1916.
	Stoker	Aged: 23

Tigris (N 63)
Wells, Leonard Horace P/JX 261993
		Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
	Able Seaman	Aged: 27

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A Tribute To Submariners

I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.

There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.

It is the most dangerous of all services.

That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.

I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.

Winston Churchill

We Will Remember Them

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BEM	British Empire Medal
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DSO	Distinguished Service Order
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MBE	Member of the British Empire
MID	Mentioned In Dispatches
VC	Victoria Cross

This list has been made possible by the hard work of Pam Armstrong in the first instance and has lately been refined by Malcolm Blenkinsopp, Honorary Historian at Espana Levante Submariners

In some cases there are different Names and Dates of Birth mentioned in the notes, especially in the First World War, as many young men told lies in order to join early. Their be variations between birth names and the names the men chose to serve under.

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Featured Boat

Porpoise (N 14)

Class:	1930 - 1946: Grampus Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	G2
Fate:
Possibly sunk off Penang by Japanese A/S aircraft on or about 11th January 1945. On 3rd January 1945 the Submarine left Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for her 23rd War Patrol (4th in the Far East) with orders to lay a minefield off Penang. On 9th Jan 1945, Lt. Cdr. H B Turner, DSC is understood to have reported by signal that he had successfully laid her mines off Penang. On 13th January 1945, HMS Stygian was sent a signal informing her that Porpoise was in trouble 17 miles northwest of Pulo Perak). This information came from an Ultra decrypt (now in the National Archives in London) reporting that on 11th January a Nakajima B6N2 bomber had attacked a Submarine, dropping two 60kg bombs. Further bombing attacks we made later but there was no further contact. Japanese records show that a submarine was spotted and bombed by aircraft in the vicinity of Penang. Although not destroyed in this attack, the submarine was wounded and leaking oil that left a trail for the Japanese anti-submarine forces to follow as they closed in for the kill. HMS Porpoise was later declared overdue and then as lost with all hands.

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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