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Odin (N 84)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: O2
Fate: Believed to be sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyer Strale & TB Baleno in the Gulf of Taranto on 14 June 1940

Odin (Lt. Cdr. Kenneth Maciver Woods, RN) went missing on her 1st Mediterranean War Patrol in June 1940 and was reported to have been 'lost with all hands' in the Gulf of Taranto about seventeen nautical miles east-north-east of Punta Alice, Crotone, Italy by the Italian destroyers Strale and Baleno on 14th June 1940, although this cannot be proved beyond doubt.
Odin (N 84)
Odin (N 84)
Odin (N 84)
Odin (N 84)

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Commanders
1930: Lieutenant Commander   William Howard Dennis Friedberger
1933: Lieutenant Commander   William Cowley Thomas
1934: Lieutenant Commander   Hugh Valentine King
1939: Lieutenant Commander   Ronald William Moir MID
1940: Lieutenant Commander   Kenneth Maciver Woods

1929-1930: Portsmouth.
1930-1939: Hong Kong.
1939-1940 - 8th Flotilla: Lucia, Columbo.
1940 - 1st Flotilla: HMS Medway, Alexandria. (At Malta in June 1940).

On the outbreak of WWII HMS Odin was based with the 4th Submarine Flotilla on the Far East Station. After completing four Far East War Patrols (in the Sunda Straits, off the Maldives, off the Chagos Archipelago and in the Indian ocean) HMS Odin changed bases to the Mediterranean in June 1940.

It should be noted that although some boats were attached to HMS Medway at Singapore, they often operated in a detached mode covering the China Station such as Hong Kong and even to the point of patrolling the Siberian Coast.


Odin launched at Chatham

Roll of Honour
56
Died: 14-06-1940
Anderson, Ian McKenzie 
Lieutenant Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 25
Ansell, Sydney James  P/JX 140395
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 22
Banks, William Frederick  C/JX 139767
Leading Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 26
Bennett, Leslie Thomas Hill  P/KX 75836
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 22
Bewick, John Rutter  C/JX 144176
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 21
Bickerton, Arthur  C/KX 84588
Stoker 1st Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 24
Biggerstaff, Edward James  C/J 99732
Chief Petty Officer Born: 22-03-1905 Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 35
Given DoB 22/11/1905
Caslin, Michael  D/J 58120
Leading Signalman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 39
Chaplain, Ernest George  P/KX 79595
Stoker 1st Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 30
Chapman, William John  C/JX 130706
Leading Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 29
Chee, Ah 
Locally Enlisted Personnel Died: 14-06-1940
from Hong Kong
Cook, George Henry  MID (Ex SSX12839)
Warrant Engineer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 33
Cross, Robert William Bernard  C/JX 132495
Petty Officer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 27
Crouch, John Edward  P/JX 129986
Petty Officer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 28
Dawson, Ralph  C/J 104811
Chief Petty Officer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 36
Deacon, Bertram Frank  P/M 34469
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 37
Edwards, George  D/KX 80520
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 28
Frost, Eric Roland  P/KX 81259
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 26
Gadsby, Arthur Clifford Victor  P/JX 140940
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 21
Gosling, John Henry  C/K 61699
Petty Officer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 36
Hale, Joseph William  D/JX 133658
Telegraphist Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 26
Hartley, John  D/M 38404
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 31
Holman, Bertram James  D/JX 135425
Leading Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 25
Hunter, Leslie  C/KX 80345
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 32
Johns, Thomas George  P/MX 46712
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 32
Kavanagh, Samuel William  P/KX 83094
Stoker 1st Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 27
Kerr, Robert Colhoun  D/M 39457
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 30
Landers, Edward Willam  C/JX 13823
Leading Telegraphist Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 23
Laws, Walter George  C/JX 129599
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 29
Leader, Eric  P/MX 55080
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 31
Ex.KX79527
Leahy, William  D/J 113237
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 31
Lee, Peter Lauriston Charles Melville 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 21
Loxley, Ronald  D/JX 135972
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 24
Mace, Albert Edward  P/KX 81141
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 26
Miller, William Cornelius Esau  P/JX 136744
Leading Telegraphist Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 23
Morris, William Ronald  P/JX 140427
Leading Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 23
Mudge, Frederick Seymour  D/KX 83642
Stoker 1st Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 24
Olrog, Ernest Walter  P/KX 83498
Stoker 1st Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 24
Robson, Ralph  C/JX 146536
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 21
Ross, Percy Granville  P/KX 84415
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 26
Scarlett, John  C/KX 85200
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 28
Sidebotham, Harold  D/KX 84665
Stoker 1st Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 25
Simpson, Richard Rowell 
Lieutenant Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 24
Sinden, Arthur  C/J 109703
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 31
Smith, Ernest Stanley  D/JX 125275
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 29
Stradling, James Henry  C/MX 49050
Leading Cook Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 26
Sweetman, William  D/KX 80063
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 29
Talbot, Leslie Ernest  D/MX 48694
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 25
Tulip, Joshua  P/KX 84093
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 27
Voss, Percy Reginald John  C/JX 12625
Leading Telegraphist Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 30
Walker, Charles Robert  C/SSX 1853
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 21
Way, William Stuart  P/JX 12973
Telegraphist Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 29
Webber, Herbert Randall  D/KX 80647
Leading Stoker Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 27
White, Donald Percy  P/JX 14826
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 20
Wilson, Edward  C/JX 138957
Able Seaman Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 23
Woods, Kenneth MacIver 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 14-06-1940 Aged: 32
Commanding Officer.

Events

 23-06-1927   Laid Down
 05-05-1928   Launched
 21-12-1929   Completed
 14-06-1940   Sunk in the Gulf of Taranto by Italian destroyers Strale & Baleno

The Italian Destroyer Strale sighted HMS Odin at 23.21 on 13th June. The Destroyer turned to attack, first with torpedoes, and then with gunfire. Strale then attempted to ram the submarine, which fired a torpedo from a stern tube before diving. Having failed to ram the submarine, the Strale launched a pattern of depth charges before returning to her designated patrol. At 0157 the Torpedo Boat Baleno sighted Odin surfacing about 9 miles from the position of the original attack. The Baleno also attempted to ram the submarine, which once again dived to avoid her pursuer. Passing over the area Baleno dropped two depth charges, turned and dropped three more. Later that morning aerial reconnaissance by the Italian Air Force revealed oil slicks in both attack areas. The Italians believed the attacks to be on two separate submarines. But it is believed that both attacks were on Odin. The first badly damaging the submarine, the second finished her off.
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