H 43

Built By:	Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne)
Build Group:	H21
Fate:	Scrapped in November 1944 at Troon.

1926:	Lieutenant	David Edward Gillespie Wemyss
1936:	Lieutenant	Christopher Haynes Hutchinson
1939:	Lieutenant	John Somerton Wraith
1939:	Lieutenant Commander	William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye
1939:	Lieutenant	Hugh Stirling Mackenzie
1940:	Lieutenant Commander	William Richmond Fell	OBE
1940:	Lieutenant	Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton
1940:	Lieutenant	Ian Lachlan Mackay McGeoch
1940:	Lieutenant	George Robson Colvin
1940:	Lieutenant Commander	Lawrence St George Rich
1941:	Lieutenant	John Dennis Martin
1941:	Lieutenant	Compton Patrick Norman
1941:	Lieutenant	John Symons Huddart
1941:	Lieutenant	Arthur Connuch Halliday	MID
1942:	Acting Lieutenant	Richard Percival Reed (RNR)
1942:	Lieutenant	John Charles Young Roxburgh	DSC
1942:	Lieutenant	Frederick Danford Gordon Challis	DSC MID
1942:	Lieutenant Commander	Bruce John Bevis Andrew	DSC
1942:	Lieutenant	John Philip Holroyde Oakley	DSC
1942:	Lieutenant	Anthony Robert Profit	DSC MID
1942:	Lieutenant	Robert Boyd	DSC MID
1943:	Lieutenant	Philip Henry May	MID
1943:	Lieutenant	Eric Allan Hamilton (RNR)
1943:	Lieutenant	Anthony Francis Murray-Johnson
1943:	Lieutenant	Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl
1943:	Lieutenant	Iwan Geoffrey Raikes	DSC
1943:	Lieutenant	David Swanston	DSC
1944:	Lieutenant	Martin Douglas Hutley (RNR)	MID
1944:	Lieutenant	William Patrick McLoughlin
1944:	Lieutenant	Peter Minet Staveley

04-10-1917	Laid Down

03-02-1919	Launched

25-11-1919	Completed

07-10-1941	AB Arthur Hall D/JX 208267 died. The circumstances of his death are not yet known but the Submarine Museum records indicate that he was a ‘buoy jumper’. He may have been drowned after falling in whilst either the Submarine was mooring to a buoy or slipping a mooring. He is noted as being buried in Londonderry, thus the Submarine may have been operating from that Port.

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Length overall	171 ft 9 inch
Beam	15 ft 9 inch
Depth	15 ft 4 inch
Displacement	438 tons (surface)
	504 tons (submerged)
Diving Depth	150 ft
Speed	Surface 13 knots (design)
	Surface 11.5 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 to 10.5 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Armament	4 x 21 inch bow tubes (6 torpedoes carried)
Endurance	Surface: 2000 miles at full power (design)
	Surface: 1100 miles at full power or 1600 miles at 10 knots (service)
	Submerged: 70 miles at 3 knots (design)
	Submerged: 9 miles at 8 knots or 34 miles at 3.5 knots (service)
Complement	22

Class:	1935 - 1970: Improved S Class
Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:
HMS Stratagem sailed from Trincomalee on 10th November 1944 with orders to patrol in the vicinity of Malacca where it was believed the Japanese were loading ships with bauxite ore. On the afternoon of the 18th Stratagem attacked and sank the tanker Nichinan Maru. On 22nd November a Japanese aircraft spotted the submarine and directed a destroyer to where it had dived. Just after midday the destroyer attacked, the first depth charge causing the submarine's bow to strike the bottom. The submarine was plunged into darkness and the forward part began to flood. Attempts to shut the watertight door to the forward compartment failed and the crew were forced to make their escape. Ten crew managed to escape, of which eight were taken Prisoner of War. Only three of these (who were taken to Japan) survived captivity. The other five were executed in Singapore by the Japanese.

Class:	1935 - 1970: T Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	T 3
Fate:
She was deemed a constructive loss in May 1945 she was scrapped one year later at Troon.

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