| 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. |
| 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 |
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| Akien, Nicholas |
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| Andrews, George William Alexander |
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| Benson, James |
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| Bessell, Henry Thomas |
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| Brightman, Alfred Arthur |
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| Bryson, Robert McAusland |
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| Campbell, Kenneth |
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| Chilton, George |
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| Crone, John Smyth (RNVR) |
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| Surgeon Lieutenant | ||||||
| Dixon, Frank Eric Patrick |
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| Dunn, Harry |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Ellwood, Richard |
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| Evans, William Edward Haslewood |
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| Fox, George (Ex.Jx131014) |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Franklin, Harry Charles John |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Gray, Walter Robertson |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Haward, Gerard Henry Stacpoole |
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| Lieutenant Commander | ||||||
| Commanding Officer | ||||||
| Hughes, Frank |
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| Signalman | ||||||
| Jacques, Horace Samuel |
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| Jones, Harley Frederick |
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| The second child of parents Wilfred and Agnes Jones (nee Millington). | ||||||
| Kay, Friend |
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| Lake, Edward Charles |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Lancaster, Harry |
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| Langridge, Alfred Oliver |
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| Lloyd, John Augustus |
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| Martin, Gerard John |
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| Mercer, Norman Wilfred |
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| Nicholson, George Bray |
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| Nuttall, John Henry |
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| Paige, Jack Collings (RNR) |
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| Pickard, James Bevan |
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| Popham, William Henry |
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| Sarfas, Albert Stanley |
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| Sargant, Walter Charles Reginald |
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| Sherrick, John |
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| Thomsett, Henry George |
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| Toombs, Roy |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Wardle, Gilbert |
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| Sub Lieutenant | ||||||
| Wheeler, Francis Eric Thomas |
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| Wood, Robert |
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| Wright, Gordon James |
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| 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. |
| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| Displacement | 872 tons (surface) |
| 990 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 14.75 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Armament (i) | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (13 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| 1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 35 Ratings. |
| Note | (i) The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns. |
Unity (N 66) |
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U1 |
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Fate: Sank after collision with the Norwegian Atle Jarl off the River Tyne entrance 29th April 1940. Lt. Low along with three ratings remained below shutting bulkhead doors while the remainder of the crew reached safety. Lt. Low was posthumously awarded the George Cross. All four who remained behind were lost. |
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HMS Tally Ho, captained by Commander L.W.A. Bennington was a T-class submarine which achieved spectacular success in the Second World War. Her name was chosen for her by Winston Churchill and it proved a very suitable one for a hunting submarine. In a single commission, lasting from 15th March 1943 to 26th February 1945, she operated in the Malacca Strait.
Here, surrounded by enemy air bases and in badly charted shallow waters, so shallow that many experts considered them unsuitable for submarine operations, she took a heavy toll of enemy warships and supply vessels. The boat, her captain and her crew are all vividly portrayed in this exciting chronicle which is the fruit of wide and detailed research.
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| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| Displacement | 872 tons (surface) |
| 990 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 14.75 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Armament (i) | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (13 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| 1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 35 Ratings. |
| Note | (i) The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns. |
Unity (N 66) |
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U1 |
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Fate: Sank after collision with the Norwegian Atle Jarl off the River Tyne entrance 29th April 1940. Lt. Low along with three ratings remained below shutting bulkhead doors while the remainder of the crew reached safety. Lt. Low was posthumously awarded the George Cross. All four who remained behind were lost. |
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HMS Tally Ho, captained by Commander L.W.A. Bennington was a T-class submarine which achieved spectacular success in the Second World War. Her name was chosen for her by Winston Churchill and it proved a very suitable one for a hunting submarine. In a single commission, lasting from 15th March 1943 to 26th February 1945, she operated in the Malacca Strait.
Here, surrounded by enemy air bases and in badly charted shallow waters, so shallow that many experts considered them unsuitable for submarine operations, she took a heavy toll of enemy warships and supply vessels. The boat, her captain and her crew are all vividly portrayed in this exciting chronicle which is the fruit of wide and detailed research.
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