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