Sturgeon (N 73) / Zeehond (Dutch)
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S1 |
| Fate: | After being returned to Britain she was broken up in 1947 at Granton. |
Commanders
| 1933: | Lieutenant | Harold Godfrey Bowerman | |
| 1935: | Lieutenant | Jack Etheridge Slaughter | |
| 1936: | Lieutenant Commander | John Marston Money | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant | Michael Geoffrey Rawson Lumby | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant | George David Archibald Gregory | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander | Drummond St. Clair-Ford | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Mervyn Robert George Wingfield | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Clifford Raymond Pelly | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Denis John Beckley | DSO |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Robert Henry Hugh Brunner | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant Commander | Donald Theodoor Mackay (RNN) |
1932-1933: Portsmouth
1933-1935: Portland.
1935-1939: HMS Forth, Dundee
1939-1943: 6th Flotilla. HMS Titania, Blyth.
Sturgeon launched at Chatham (1932)
Sank the transport Ponier in September 1940.
HMS Sturgeon was transferred to the Dutch and recommisoned as HNLMS Zeehond
She was the only one from the first Group S Class to survive the war.
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Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 16-11-1939 | |||||
| Penny, WIlliam Frederick Alexander C/JX131595 | |||||
| Leading Signalman | Died: 16-11-1939 | Aged: 27 | |||
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Events
| 01-01-1931 | Laid Down |
| 08-01-1932 | Launched |
| 27-02-1933 | Completed |
| 20-11-1939 | Sank the anti-submarine trawler Gauleiter Telshow, This was the first British submarine success of WWII. |
| 11-10-1943 | Recommissioned as HNLMS Zeehond, under command of Donald Theodoor Mackay |
| 14-09-1945 | Decommissioned and returned to Royal Navy, |
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