| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Troon 6/48 |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner | DSC |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | John Philip Holroyde Oakley | DSC |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Derrick George Kent | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Norman Limbury Auchinleck Jewell | MBE DSC MID |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Marcel Ivan Usher |
One of the Home Station submarines which were used in the towing of X-craft to Altenfjord for Operation Source, the attack on the Tirpitz in September 1943. Sea Nymph towed X8.
Operation Source - September 1943
In September 1943 six in X-Craft were towed by six Submarines to attack German Capital Ships in the Kaa Fjord in Norway. In all (apart from the Towing Submarine Crew) forty-two X- Craft personnel took part in Operation Source, eighteen Passage Crew Members and twenty-four Operational Crew Members.
| 06-05-1941 | Laid Down |
| 27-07-1942 | Launched |
| 03-11-1942 | Completed |
| 13-07-1943 | While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay Sea Nymph fires 6 torpedoes at the German submarine U-592. The torpedoes however miss their target. |
| 01-03-1944 | HMS Sea Nymph fires four torpedoes against the Norwegian merchant Jupiter near Bodo, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their target. |
| 03-03-1944 | HMS Sea Nymph fires four torpedoes against the German merchant Levante near Bodo, Norway. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 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. |
Otter (S 15) |
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| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O2a |
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Fate: Sold 1992 - scapped in Grimsby at Doigs old ship yard |
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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. |
Otter (S 15) |
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| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O2a |
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Fate: Sold 1992 - scapped in Grimsby at Doigs old ship yard |
|
Sunken Ships of World War II is truly one of the greatest compendiums of naval history that has ever been put together.
Not only does it give an exhaustive chronology of events and actions of the United States Navy, it also contains listings of the Allies (American and English) and of the Axis (Japanese, German and Italian) naval losses wherever they took place.
17 pages added or updated in the last Array month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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