| Built By: | Vickers (Canada) |
| Build Group: | H1 |
| Fate: | Sold 30th November 1921. |
| 1915: | Lieutenant | A P Williams-Freeman | DSO |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | T 2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scuttled in the Gulf of Taranto on 13th February, 1942. The boat was detected, and there followed a seven-hour depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Circe (Capitano di Corvetta Stephanino Palmas). Following an epic struggle, the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas. The Italians botched the rescue, and of the crew of sixty-three there were twenty-four survivors (twenty-three out of sixty-two, according to the coxswain). The remainder were lost | |
This gripping personal account of life as a young World War Two submariner on two famous Royal Navy submarines, gives vivid detail of depth charging, gun actions and other operations.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | T 2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scuttled in the Gulf of Taranto on 13th February, 1942. The boat was detected, and there followed a seven-hour depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Circe (Capitano di Corvetta Stephanino Palmas). Following an epic struggle, the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas. The Italians botched the rescue, and of the crew of sixty-three there were twenty-four survivors (twenty-three out of sixty-two, according to the coxswain). The remainder were lost | |
This gripping personal account of life as a young World War Two submariner on two famous Royal Navy submarines, gives vivid detail of depth charging, gun actions and other operations.
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