Sterlet (N 22)
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S2 |
| Fate: | HMS Sterlet (Lt. Cdr. G R S Haward, RN) is believed to have been sunk on 18th April 1940 in the Skaggerak south of Larvik in Norway in position 58°55'N, 10°10'E after an attack by the German antisubmarine trawlers UJ-125, UJ-126 and UJ-128 Although it is possible that she might have survived the attack and was mined while returning to base. |
Sterlet (N 22)
Sterlet (N 22)
Sterlet (N 22)
Commanders
| 1939: | Lieutenant Commander | Gerard Henry Stacpoole Haward |
1933-1934: Portsmouth
1934-1936: Portland
1936-1939: Home Fleet
1939-1940: Dundee, Rosyth, Blyth
Roll of Honour |
41
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| Akien, Nicholas D/KX 88098 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 22 | ||
| Andrews, George William Alexander P/JX 138738 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 22 | ||
| Benson, James D/JX 138867 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 22 | ||
| Bessell, Henry Thomas D/JX 136593 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Brightman, Alfred Arthur P/J 114357 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 30 | ||
| Bryson, Robert McAusland C/JX 14141 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Telegraphist | Aged: 22 | ||
| Campbell, Kenneth C/JX 130771 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 29 | ||
| Chilton, George P/SSX 17860 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 24 | ||
| Crone, John Smyth (RNVR) | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Surgeon Lieutenant | Aged: 24 | ||
| Dixon, Frank Eric Patrick C/J 108928 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Telegraphist | Aged: 32 | ||
| Dunn, Harry C/JX 129256 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 28 | ||
| Ellwood, Richard C/J 75422 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 38 | ||
| Evans, William Edward Haslewood P/MX 50815 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | Aged: 26 | ||
| Fox, George (Ex.Jx131014) D/KX 87377 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 29 | ||
| Franklin, Harry Charles John P/J 112094 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 31 | ||
| Gray, Walter Robertson D/KX 86093 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 24 | ||
| Haward, Gerard Henry Stacpoole | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Lieutenant Commander | Aged: 30 | ||
| Commanding Officer | |||
| Hughes, Frank P/JX 134680 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Signalman | Aged: 25 | ||
| Jacques, Horace Samuel D/J 112956 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Petty Officer Telegraphist | Aged: 30 | ||
| Jones, Harley Frederick D/SSX 18833 | Born: 1st Jan, 1920. | ||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 79 | ||
| from Kidderminster | |||
| The second child of parents Wilfred and Agnes Jones (nee Millington). | |||
| Kay, Friend KX 76700 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 33 | ||
| Lake, Edward Charles D/J 103460 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 35 | ||
| Lancaster, Harry C/JX 142953 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 22 | ||
| Langridge, Alfred Oliver C/K 63748 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Stoker Petty Officer | Aged: 41 | ||
| Lloyd, John Augustus P/KX 86075 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 24 | ||
| Martin, Gerard John P/KX 87882 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 22 | ||
| Mercer, Norman Wilfred C/MX 47755 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | Aged: 26 | ||
| Nicholson, George Bray P/KX 87843 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 23 | ||
| Nuttall, John Henry D/MX 47689 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | Aged: 26 | ||
| Paige, Jack Collings (RNR) | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 27 | ||
| Pickard, James Bevan P/M 26962 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | Aged: 38 | ||
| Popham, William Henry P/JX 137164 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
| Sarfas, Albert Stanley (Ex.M18455) | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Commissioned Engineer | Aged: 39 | ||
| Sargant, Walter Charles Reginald C/K 59967 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 35 | ||
| Sherrick, John P/J 102187 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 36 | ||
| Thomsett, Henry George P/JX 134346 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Signalman | Aged: 25 | ||
| Toombs, Roy C/MX 47640 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | Aged: 26 | ||
| Wardle, Gilbert | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Sub Lieutenant | Aged: 22 | ||
| Wheeler, Francis Eric Thomas P/KX 58360 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 38 | ||
| Wood, Robert C/KX 76274 | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 32 | ||
| Wright, Gordon James | |||
| Died: 18th Apr, 1840. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 26 | ||
Events
| 14-07-1936 | Laid Down |
| 19-09-1936 | Completed her 1st war-patrol without incident |
| 22-09-1937 | Launched |
| 06-04-1938 | Completed |
| 03-09-1939 | HMS Sterlet departed Dundee for her 1st war-patrol off south-west Norway. |
| 02-10-1939 | Departed for 2nd war patrol off Stadlandet in Norway |
| 18-10-1939 | Returned from 2nd war patrol off Stadlandet in Norway to Rosyth |
| 01-11-1939 | Sterlet set-off on her 3rd war-patrol, having been ordered to patrol west of Denmark. |
| 16-11-1939 | Sterlet returned from her 3rd war-patrol west of Denmark. |
| 20-11-1939 | Arrived at Newcastle-on-Tyne where she started her re-fit at the Swan Hunter shipyard. The work was scheduled to take around a fortnight. |
| 28-02-1940 | Sterlet departed Harwich for their 4th war-patrol in the North Sea to the north of the Netherlands |
| 14-03-1940 | Sterlet left Harwich for a 5th war-patrol, being ordered to patrol in the North Sea. |
| 15-03-1940 | Ordered to return to Harwich, docking on the 16th of March |
| 19-03-1940 | HMS Sterlet sailed from Harwich for her 6th war-patrol. She was once again ordered to patrol in the North Sea. |
| 31-03-1940 | HMS Sterlet ended her 6th war-patrol, returning to dock at Harwich. |
| 01-04-1940 | HMS Sterlet departed Harwich for her 7th war-patrol; this time off the West coast of Denmark and around the entrance to the Skagerrak |
| 12-04-1940 | Made an unsuccessful attack on an enemy convoy to the west of ‘The Skaw' (the English name for Skaggen Odde, a sandy peninsula at the northernmost tip of Jutland). |
| 15-04-1940 | HMS Sterlet torpedoes and sinks the German gunnery training ship Brummer in the Skagerrak south of Larvik, Norway |
| 18-04-1940 | HMS Sterlet was sunk She attacked another enemy convoy made up of the German transporter's Moltkefels, Neidenfels and Hanau, escorted by the German minesweeper M 75 and several German auxiliaries. The German submarine-chasers UJ 125, UJ 126 and UJ 128 were patrolling nearby when HMS Sterlet carried out this attack, leading them to launch a submarine-hunt which many believe, resulted in the sinking of HMS Sterlet. There is however, a possibility that HMS Sterlet escaped the counterattack of the German anti-submarine trawlers, but later hit a mine on her way back to base. Either way, she never returned from war-patrol No. 7; she was lost with all hands. |
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