| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | H21 |
| Fate: | H34 was the last H21 Class submarine to be taken out of service in October 1945, 28 years after she was laid down at Cammell Laird. She was later scrapped in July 1945 at Troon |
| 1919: | Lieutenant | Gerald Aylmer Garnons-Williams | |
| 1920: | Lieutenant | James Lawrence Boyd | DSC |
| 1925: | Lieutenant | George Cunningham Paton Menzies | |
| 1926: | Lieutenant | John Lionel Fletcher | |
| 1928: | Lieutenant | Hugh Waters Shelley Browning | |
| 1931: | Lieutenant | John Wentworth McCoy | |
| 1932: | Lieutenant | Ronald McClellan Powning Jonas | |
| 1935: | Lieutenant | Peter Joseph Howell Bartlett | |
| 1937: | Lieutenant | John Esmond Moore | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant | John Esmond Moore | |
| 1939: | Lieutenant | Edward Francis Balston | |
| 1939: | Lieutenant | Martin Keith-Roach | |
| 1939: | Lieutenant | Basil Tremayne Simons | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Lennox William Napier | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Anthony Foster Collett | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Walter Augustus Phillimore | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Henry Winter | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | John Symons Huddart | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Compton Patrick Norman | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Gordon Maurice Noll | MID |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Aston Dalzell Piper (RNR) | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | John Philip Holroyde Oakley | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Richard Gatehouse | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Frederick Danford Gordon Challis | DSC MID |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Richard Lionel Jay | |
| 1943: | Acting Lieutenant | Reginald Lewis Willoughby (RNR) | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | John Peter Angell | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Barry Charles | DSC |
| 1944: | Acting Lieutenant | John David Tweedie (RNVR) | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Allan Miles Brittain Buxton |
1932: 6th Submarine Flotilla
Roll of Honour |
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| Mawson, Leslie |
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| Leslie Mawson was the twenty-year-old son of Thomas Gilbert Mawson (a gardener) and Agnes Mawson. It is understood that he died at home from coal gas poisoning having committed suicide Bradford Observer - Saturday 23 September 1944 Shipley Seaman Gassed Himself A verdict that "Death was due to from coal-gas poisoning, self-administered while suffering from mental' depression," was returned by the jury at an inquest at Shipley yesterday on Ordinary Seaman Leslie Mawson (20). of 14, West Royd Road. Shipley. Mawson had been ill since May and had recently returned from hospital at Liverpool. He was suffering from a duodenal ulcer, which brought about a nervous condition. |
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| 20-11-1917 | Laid Down |
| 05-11-1918 | Launched |
| 10-09-1919 | Completed |
| 30-09-1939 | HMS H-34 fires two torpedoes at the German submarine U-3 15 nautical miles north of Kinnaird Head. The torpedoes miss. |
Oracle (S 16) |
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| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O2a |
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Fate: Sold 1992 Lost on tow Straits of Gibraltar November 2005 |
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Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander sinking 47 ships totalling 274,333 tons. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days.
Aged 17 he spent 8 months studying literature at Exeter University where he learned to speak English fluently. The following year, on 1 April 1930, he enlisted as an officer candidate in the Weimar Republic's small navy.
After completing his officer training and time on the training ship Niobe he served aboard the light cruiser Emden. In December 1934 he was transferred to the light cruiser K ln, then in January 1936 made the move to the fledgling U-boat service.
His first operational posting was to the 2nd U-Flotilla s Type VII U35 where he almost being drowned during training in the Baltic Sea! During the Spanish Civil War, he was involved in several patrols as part of the international non-intervention force. He was finally given command of U23, a post which he held until April 1940.
He had already sunk 8 ships including the destroyer HMS Daring east of Pentland Firth on 18 February 1940. He demonstrated a cool approach to combat: his mantra one torpedo for one ship proved that the best way for his boat to succeed against a convoy was to remain surfaced as much as possible, penetrating the convoy and using the boats high speed and small silhouette to avoid retaliation.
His nickname Silent Otto referred to his ability to remain undetected and his reluctance to provide the regular radio reports required by Donitz: he had guessed that the Allies had broken German codes. Alongside his military skill was a character that remained rooted in the traditions of the Prussian military. While other U-boat commanders and crew returned from patrol with beards and a relaxed demeanour, U99 always returned with all men clean-shaven and paraded on deck.
In the Bowmanville POW camp he organised a 2-way radio link to the German Naval High Command and planned a mass breakout with a U-boat rendezvous arranged. He was also instrumental in the Battle of Bowmanville that lasted for 3 days in October 1942. His antics behind the wire became the inspiration for the 1970 film The McKenzie Break.
Postwar he answered the call for volunteers upon the establishment of the Bundesmarine. He retired from the rank of Flotillenadmiral in 1970. He suffered a fall celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary aboard a boat and died two days later at the age of 86.
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Oracle (S 16) |
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| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O2a |
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Fate: Sold 1992 Lost on tow Straits of Gibraltar November 2005 |
|
Otto Kretschmer was only in combat from September 1939 until March 1941 but was Germany's highest-scoring U-boat commander sinking 47 ships totalling 274,333 tons. This definitive work details his personal story and the political backdrop from his earliest days.
Aged 17 he spent 8 months studying literature at Exeter University where he learned to speak English fluently. The following year, on 1 April 1930, he enlisted as an officer candidate in the Weimar Republic's small navy.
After completing his officer training and time on the training ship Niobe he served aboard the light cruiser Emden. In December 1934 he was transferred to the light cruiser K ln, then in January 1936 made the move to the fledgling U-boat service.
His first operational posting was to the 2nd U-Flotilla s Type VII U35 where he almost being drowned during training in the Baltic Sea! During the Spanish Civil War, he was involved in several patrols as part of the international non-intervention force. He was finally given command of U23, a post which he held until April 1940.
He had already sunk 8 ships including the destroyer HMS Daring east of Pentland Firth on 18 February 1940. He demonstrated a cool approach to combat: his mantra one torpedo for one ship proved that the best way for his boat to succeed against a convoy was to remain surfaced as much as possible, penetrating the convoy and using the boats high speed and small silhouette to avoid retaliation.
His nickname Silent Otto referred to his ability to remain undetected and his reluctance to provide the regular radio reports required by Donitz: he had guessed that the Allies had broken German codes. Alongside his military skill was a character that remained rooted in the traditions of the Prussian military. While other U-boat commanders and crew returned from patrol with beards and a relaxed demeanour, U99 always returned with all men clean-shaven and paraded on deck.
In the Bowmanville POW camp he organised a 2-way radio link to the German Naval High Command and planned a mass breakout with a U-boat rendezvous arranged. He was also instrumental in the Battle of Bowmanville that lasted for 3 days in October 1942. His antics behind the wire became the inspiration for the 1970 film The McKenzie Break.
Postwar he answered the call for volunteers upon the establishment of the Bundesmarine. He retired from the rank of Flotillenadmiral in 1970. He suffered a fall celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary aboard a boat and died two days later at the age of 86.
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