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Grampus (N 56)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: G2
Fate: HMS Grampus was reported missing on her first War Patrol. In the Mediterranean. The Submarine was 'lost with all hands' on 16th June 1940 off Syracuse having been detected and depth charged by Italian torpedo boats Circe, Clio and Polluce.
Grampus
Grampus
Grampus
Grampus
Grampus
Grampus

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Commanders
1939: Lieutenant Commander   Charles Alexander Rowe
1940: Lieutenant Commander   Gilbert Hugh Nowell
1940: Lieutenant Commander   Charles Alexander Rowe

Based with the 4th Submarine Flotilla in the Far East on the outbreak of WW2 HMS Grampus completed three Far East War Patrols in the waters of the Dutch East Indies before being redeployed to the Mediterranean in June 1940.

Roll of Honour
59
Died: 16-06-1940
Albrow, Ronald Ernest  P/J 105330
Leading Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 34
Atkin, George William  P/KX 84056
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 27
Baker, Walter Epsley  C/KX 87152
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 24
Barnard, Herbert Peter  C/JX 143884
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 21
Bowler, Frederick Stanley  C/MX 48431
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 32
Brownlie, Thomas Hannah  P/KX 83880
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 25
Buckler, Leslie Edward  (Ex.M35606)
Warrant Engineer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 35
Bull, Edward Bertie 
Lieutenant Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 31
Burch, Bertram  P/J 103744
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 34
Burton, Thomas Richard  C/JX 137770
Leading Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 23
Butcher, Frederick  C/KX 83578
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 24
Church, William  P/JX 139118
Leading Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 22
Clarke, Austin William  C/KX 88394
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Collins, Ronald  D/JX 128722
Leading Seaman Born: 02-02-1911 Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 29
from Christchurch, Hampshire  UK
At Birth Chrismas, Ronald, Served as Collins, Ronald
Cousins, Arthur Robert  P/JX 139935
Leading Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 22
Cryle, Alfred Main  P/MX 49809
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 28
Cuthbert, Gordon  P/KX 85500
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 23
Denyer, Clement James  P/J 100915
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 36
Dorrell, Kenneth John 
Lieutenant Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 24
Edwards, Enoch Prince  D/KX 77440
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 37
Frampton, Kenneth John  C/JX 133987
Petty Officer Telegraphist Born: 19-12-1913 Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
from Wandsworth, London  UK
Glanville, William George  D/JX 127473
Petty Officer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 29
Groves, Roy Ronald  P/MX 51371
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Halliday, Ivan  P/JX 139155
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 22
Harnden, Frederick William  P/JX 129944
Telegraphist Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 29
Hart, Albert  P/J 39728
Chief Petty Officer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 40
Hedley, Walter  P/KX 79193
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 31
Heselton, John  C/MX 49370
Leading Cook Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Hodge, Robert Ellis  P/J 88095
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 38
Long, Stephen Henry  D/JX 140251
Telegraphist Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 22
Marriott, Patrick Arthur  P/KX 88873
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 22
Marshall, William Agnew  D/MX 53015
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
McConville, Paul Edward  D/KX 82056
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Messenger, Frederick Philip  C/J 106163
Petty Officer Born: 13-05-1907 Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 33
from Christchurch, Hampshire  UK
At Birth Messenger, Edwin John, Served as Messenger, Frederick Philip
Nicholson, Eric George  D/JX 133798
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Noone, Edward  D/KX 84040
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Northcott, Lewis Henry Jordan  D/K 64036
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 36
Parker, Albert Edward  C/KX 82248
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Pashley, Paul Wattam  C/MX 49883
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 31
Paxton, Alexandria Adolphus  P/J 49226
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 40
Redding, Ronald Frederick John  C/JX 159219
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 21
Richardson, Frederick  D/KX 88824
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 25
Roberts, George  C/JX 137785
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 21
Robinson, William Thomas  P/J 112988
Petty Officer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 30
Rowe, Charles Alexander 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 35
Commanding Officer
Scott, Charles  C/J 138217
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 23
Smith, Nicoll Andrew  C/KX 89128
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 23
Stinchcombe, Colyn James  P/J 139021
Leading Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 23
Storey, Douglas  D/KX 89153
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 21
Swift, George Henry Joseph  D/J 132329
Telegraphist Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 27
Tamplin, Donald Walter Ewart  D/JX 141387
Able Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 22
Thompson, Thomas Edward  D/KX 89555
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 23
Wallis, Arthur Edward  P/M 35030
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 36
Watkin, John Harold  P/MX 47574
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 31
Welbourn, Thomas Henry  P/KX 88373
Stoker 1st Class Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 26
Whittle, Joseph  C/KX 80481
Leading Stoker Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 28
Willcox, Edward George  D/JX 134546
Leading Seaman Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 25
Wilson, Charles Cornelius  (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 16-06-1940 Aged: 24
Yen, Miao Feng  S41-5 B
Chinese Steward Died: 16-06-1940

Events

 20-08-1934   Laid Down
 25-02-1936   Launched
 10-03-1937   Completed
 10-06-1940   HMS Grampus departs Malta.
 13-06-1940   HMS Grampus laid a minefield off Augusta, Sicily. She had left Malta on the 10th
 13-06-1940   HMS Grampus attacks the Italian submarine Giovanni Bausan and the Italian torpedo boat Polluce with torpedoes. The attack however fails. Grampus also laid a minefield (50 mines) off Augusta, Sicily, Italy.
 16-06-1940   Lost while minelaying off Augusta, Sicily

On the 10th June 1940 HMS Grampus sailed from Malta to lay mines off the port of Augusta. Three days later she reported this had been done successfully but nothing further was heard and she did not return from the patrol. It is believed that the Italian Navy sank her on the 16th June. At 1900 on the 16th the Torpedo Boat Circe spotted a periscope and launched a depth charge attack on the position, along with the Polluce. The ninth depth charge pattern destroyed Grampus, which gave up a mass of wreckage.
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