| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Lost on 1st August 1946 en route to shipbreakers |
| 1941: | Commander | Benajmin Bryant | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Richard Barklie Lakin | DSO DSC MID |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Commander | David Anthony Baily Adby | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Commander | John Robert Garstin Harvey | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant Commander | Lennox William Napier | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant Commander | John Robert Garstin Harvey |
Ex P61
| 05-06-1940 | Laid Down |
| 18-11-1941 | Launched |
| 14-03-1942 | Completed |
| 05-07-1942 | HMS Safari damages the Italian merchant Tigrai with gunfire off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 12-07-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Adda with gunfire and one torpedo off Monte Santo, south of the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 16-08-1942 | HMS Safari damages a sailing vessel with gunfire east of Sardinia. |
| 17-08-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Ausonia with gunfire 11 nautical miles bearing 180 from Orosei, Sardinia. |
| 18-08-1942 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Perseo near Cape Carbonara, 15 nautical miles south of Serpentara, Sardinia and later attacked the Italian submarine Bronzo. |
| 02-10-1942 | HMS Safari attacks and damages the Italian merchant Veglia off Korcula, Croatia. The damaged ship is later salvaged but delared a total loss. |
| 05-10-1942 | HMS Safari torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Eneo south of Sebenik, Yugoslavia. ship is later salvaged but delared a total loss. |
| 10-10-1942 | HMS Safari fires four torpedoes, but missed, against the Italian about 10 nautical miles south-east of Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia. |
| 20-10-1942 | The Titania (under tow following a previous attack by HMS Unbroken) is sunk early by HMS Safari east of Tunisia. |
| 13-11-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian Bice with gunfire east of Sousa, Tunisia. |
| 16-11-1942 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the German transport Hans Arp off Ras Ali, Libya. |
| 17-11-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the German barge F 346 with one torpedo near Misurata, Libya. |
| 18-12-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eufrasia with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisa. |
| 20-12-1942 | HMS Safari torpedoes and heavily damages the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel F 139/Constantina in thbe Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia. The damaged Italian ship was declared a total loss. |
| 21-12-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper Rosina S. about 5 nautical miles south of Hammamet, Tunisa. |
| 27-12-1942 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eleonora Rosa with gunfire about 10 nautical miles south of Sousa, Tunisia. |
| 29-12-1942 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Torquato Gennari about 25 nautical miles south of Sfax, Tunisia. |
| 30-01-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian ships Aniello and Gemma with gunfire of Cape Scalea, Italy. |
| 02-02-1943 | HMS Safari intercepts and Italian convoy off Isola di Capri and torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchants Valsavoia and Salemi. |
| 09-03-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Stefano M. with gunfire off Cape San Vito. |
| 03-04-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Nasello and the Italian fishing vessel S. Francisco di Paola A. with gunfire off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 09-04-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 295/Bella Italia with gunfire off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 10-04-1943 | HMS Safari intercepts an Italian convoy and torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchants Loredan, Entella and the Italian tanker Isonzo near Cape Torre delle Stelle off Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 02-05-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian Sogliola with gunfire off Asinara Island, Italy. |
| 06-05-1943 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper R 106/Onda off Asinara Island, Italy. |
| 08-05-1943 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Peppino Palomba and torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Liv off Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 10-06-1943 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the German transport ship KT-12 off Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 18-07-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 47/Amalia with gunfire 16 nautical miles of Cape Comino, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 19-07-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the German barges Maria, Paula and the Italian armed yacht Margherita with gunfire in the port of Favone, Corsica, France. |
| 20-07-1943 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian pilot vessel F 50/Silvio Onorato between Bastia and Maddalena. |
| 22-07-1943 | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian minelayer Durazzo east of Corsica, France. |
| 25-07-1943 | HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper FR 70/La Coubre with torpedoes and gunfire west of Elba. |
| 26-07-1943 | HMS Safari fires three torpedoes at the French (German controlled) tanker Champagne off Piombino, Toscane, Italy. All torpedoes missed. |
| 01-08-1946 | Lost en route to shipbreakers |
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| Unofficial | ||
| Symbology | A watched pot never boils. | |
| Design Notes | A green eye above watches a steaming gold cooking pot supported by a tripod above a log fire, all proper against a background of blue. | |
| Additional Notes | The Royal Navy did not officially design or approve a ship's badge or crest for HMS Safari (P211) because the vessel's service and scrapping were completed swiftly after the war. |
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| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| 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 43 Ratings |
| Note | 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. |
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Our surprise attack has been successful). The exultant signal sent by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo told a surprised world that Japan had carried out a devastating attack on Pearl Harbour bringing America into the war, an act which finally sealed the fate of the Axis powers.
'Underwater, underhanded and damned un-English' they might have been but submarine development and deployment has long been an integral part of naval warfare.
For centuries man has been fascinated with the possibility of an underwater vessel, the ultimate method of improving the odds against a superior surface fleet. Being submerged beneath the sea was the obvious means by which a warship could be approached and attacked without detection - but the attempts to create the perfect sub was a long and often tragic affair.
This DVD tracks the evolution of underwater crafts from the early Turtle to a privileged look inside the salvaged U-Boat 534 and beyond. Aboard the famous U-Boat 534 we examine the living conditions and the true bravery shown by all her crew.
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| Unofficial | ||
| Symbology | A watched pot never boils. | |
| Design Notes | A green eye above watches a steaming gold cooking pot supported by a tripod above a log fire, all proper against a background of blue. | |
| Additional Notes | The Royal Navy did not officially design or approve a ship's badge or crest for HMS Safari (P211) because the vessel's service and scrapping were completed swiftly after the war. |
|
| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| 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 43 Ratings |
| Note | 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. |
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Our surprise attack has been successful). The exultant signal sent by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo told a surprised world that Japan had carried out a devastating attack on Pearl Harbour bringing America into the war, an act which finally sealed the fate of the Axis powers.
'Underwater, underhanded and damned un-English' they might have been but submarine development and deployment has long been an integral part of naval warfare.
For centuries man has been fascinated with the possibility of an underwater vessel, the ultimate method of improving the odds against a superior surface fleet. Being submerged beneath the sea was the obvious means by which a warship could be approached and attacked without detection - but the attempts to create the perfect sub was a long and often tragic affair.
This DVD tracks the evolution of underwater crafts from the early Turtle to a privileged look inside the salvaged U-Boat 534 and beyond. Aboard the famous U-Boat 534 we examine the living conditions and the true bravery shown by all her crew.
11 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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Comments
Comment by: David pearson on March 25th, 2021
My father was helmsman on his safari and we have his diary entries for 1942/3 which match the entries above. He was awarded the DSM.
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