| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Charlestown 6/62 |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | John Philip Holroyde Oakley | DSC |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Tobin Subremont Weston | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | James Newenham Elliott | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Charles Philip Bowers | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | William David Stewart Scott | |
| 1945: | Acting Lieutenant | John Haddon Douglas |
Ex P64
Transferred to France in 1951/2 and renamed Saphir.
Roll of Honour |
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| Rodham, John Thomas DSM |
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| The son of John Thomas Rodham (a steel worker) and Anne Rodham (nee Harrison). In 1921 he, his widowed father and younger brother Charle Nicholas were lodging with relatives at 43, Boyd Street, Newburn. John Rodham joined the Royal Navy as a Seaman in 1934. He volunteered for Submarine Service in 1937. He was married to Honor Gatrell of Lordswood, Hampshire in Southampton in early 1939. At the time the Register was taken in September 1939 Able Seaman John Rodham and Honor Rodham were lodging at 11, Woodbine Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland. He is reported to have served in HMS Dolphin and the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Titania and he was a survivor from Submarine HMS Pandora when it was bombed and sunk at Malta on 1st April 1942. He was later drafted to Submarine HMS Sportsman and was awarded the DSM, see Supplement to London Gazette dated 15th August 1944 for service in the Mediterranean and in the Aegean sea.. He was later drafted to Submarine HMS Satyr. John Rodham is understood to have died at 105, Newbridge Lane, Chesterfield from pulmonary tuberculosis. There was a son, Gary Rodham. John Rodham’s wife later remarried. |
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| 08-06-1940 | Laid Down |
| 28-09-1942 | Launched |
| 08-02-1943 | Completed |
| 24-03-1944 | HMS Satyr torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Nordnorge off Stadlandet, Norway. |
| 15-06-1944 | HMS Satyr sank the German submarine U-987 in the North Sea west of Narvik. |
| 20-08-1944 | HMS Satyr fires four torpedoes against the German merchants Bochum and Emma Sauber off Skudesnes, Norway. All torpedoes missed their targets. |
| 22-08-1944 | HMS Satyr fires six torpedoes against a German convoy off Egersund, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their targets. |
| 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. |
A few weeks ago, I was given some pictures of old submarines. One of the pictures started bells ringing, which prompted me to help our editor out with a short article, which may or may not interest some of you, and tell something about my service.
The authoritative story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign, told using new research. The Harwich Submarine Flotilla played a key role establishing British dominance in the North Sea at the beginning of the First World War. Letters, diaries, memoirs and combat reports of the participants are used to give a complete account.
Much of this is in print for the first time. Foreword by Rear Admiral Jonathan Westbrook CBE, former Royal Navy Submariner. Written in collaboration with the Friends of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, with profits from royalties contributing towards the work of the Museum.
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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. |
A few weeks ago, I was given some pictures of old submarines. One of the pictures started bells ringing, which prompted me to help our editor out with a short article, which may or may not interest some of you, and tell something about my service.
The authoritative story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign, told using new research. The Harwich Submarine Flotilla played a key role establishing British dominance in the North Sea at the beginning of the First World War. Letters, diaries, memoirs and combat reports of the participants are used to give a complete account.
Much of this is in print for the first time. Foreword by Rear Admiral Jonathan Westbrook CBE, former Royal Navy Submariner. Written in collaboration with the Friends of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, with profits from royalties contributing towards the work of the Museum.
13 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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