| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | River 2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1946 at Bombay. |
| 1934: | Lieutenant Commander | Lancelot Milman Shadwell | |
| 1937: | Lieutenant Commander | Manley Laurence Power | |
| 1939: | Lieutenant Commander | Bertram Wilfrid Taylor | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander | Andrew Niel Gillespie Campbell | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Commander | Russell Stanhope Brookes | DSO DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Raymond Henry Bull | DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | John Francis Michell |
1934-1935: Portsmouth.
1935-1939: Mediterranean.
1939 - 8th Flotilla: Gibraltar.
1940 - 6th Flotilla: HMS Titania, Blyth.
1939 - South Atlantic, based at Freetown.
1940-1941 - Served in Home Waters.
April-June 1940 - Was part of the submarine force which was in the Kattegat and off the coast of Norway during the German invasion of Norway.
1941-1944 - Served in the Mediterranean.
October/November 1943 - Was used to supply the Aegean island of Leros and Samos.
1944 onwards Eastern Fleet.
Prior to the Allied landings in Italy in September, HMS/M Severn had been involved in cloak & dagger operations such as the landing of commandoes on the island of Sardinia where they were to destroy the torpedo bomber base at Cagliari (but that's another story). The year was 1943 and the events recounted herein occurred towards the end of that year, following the unconditional surrender of the Italians in September.
| 27-03-1933 | Laid Down |
| 16-01-1934 | Launched |
| 12-01-1935 | Completed |
| 04-05-1940 | HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Swedish (in German service) sailing vessel Monark off Lister, Norway and unsuccessfully attacked another of approx 6,000 ton vessel. |
| 22-06-1941 | HMS Severn fires torpedoes at an enemy submarine in the Gulf of Naples. |
| 26-06-1941 | HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Polinnia about 95 nautical miles south-west of Ischia Island, Italy. |
| 28-06-1941 | HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ugo Bassi 5 nautical miles off Cape Monte Santu, Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 07-08-1941 | Sank the Submarine Bianchi. |
| Length overall | 345 ft |
| Beam | 28 ft 3 inch |
| Depth | 18 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 2165 tons (surface) |
| 2680 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | Surface 21.75 knots (design) |
| Surface 22.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 10.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 10000 miles at 8 knots (design) |
| Surface: 16100 miles maximum (service) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 13 miles at 10 knots or 118 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes, (12 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch QF gun |
| 6 x 21 inch bow tubes, (12 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch QF gun | |
| 6 x 21 inch bow tubes, (12 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch QF gun | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 56 Ratings. |
| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Markham and Co (Derbyshire) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. | |
Drawn from personal memoirs, official reports, logbooks and private journals, John Winton skilfully weaves together compelling stories of survival and heroism in times of the most intense danger with welcome lighter moments, anecdotes about daily life and domestic arrangements aboard.
The Submariners is an authoritative anthology of enterprise, endurance and valour expertly compiled by an author who himself served seven years in the Submarine Service.
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| Length overall | 345 ft |
| Beam | 28 ft 3 inch |
| Depth | 18 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 2165 tons (surface) |
| 2680 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | Surface 21.75 knots (design) |
| Surface 22.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 10.5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 10000 miles at 8 knots (design) |
| Surface: 16100 miles maximum (service) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 13 miles at 10 knots or 118 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes, (12 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch QF gun |
| 6 x 21 inch bow tubes, (12 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch QF gun | |
| 6 x 21 inch bow tubes, (12 torpedoes carried). 1 x 4 inch QF gun | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 56 Ratings. |
| Class: | 1944 - 1952: XE Class |
| Built By: | Markham and Co (Derbyshire) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | |
| Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. | |
Drawn from personal memoirs, official reports, logbooks and private journals, John Winton skilfully weaves together compelling stories of survival and heroism in times of the most intense danger with welcome lighter moments, anecdotes about daily life and domestic arrangements aboard.
The Submariners is an authoritative anthology of enterprise, endurance and valour expertly compiled by an author who himself served seven years in the Submarine Service.
18 pages added or updated in the last Array month
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