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Simoom (P 225)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Sunk on 19th November 1943 possibly by mines in the Dardanelles.
Simoom (P 225)
Simoom (P 225)

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Commanders
1942: Lieutenant   Christopher Henry Rankin
1943: Lieutenant   Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner DSC

1943: Mediterranean

Roll of Honour
49
 
Adam, William Gillon  P/JX 344969
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Anglesea, John  D/MX 102924
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class Aged: 21
Balson, Lewis Frederick Charles 
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Warrant Engineer Aged: 30
Bedford, Maurice Arthur  D/SSX 27992
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Leading Seaman Aged: 24
Broadbridge, Thomas George  C/KX 83568
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 30
Caspell, George Edward  C/JX 163711
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Telegraphist Aged: 20
Cole, Edward  P/KX 83973
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 29
Cross, Charles Michael  (RNVR)
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 22
Day, Horace Charles  C/JX 207606
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Signalman Aged: 26
Ellin, Sidney  C/JX 135616
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Petty Officer Telegraphist Aged: 28
Elliott, Robert  P/JX 322974
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Francis, Roland James  D/KX 137871
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Garbett, Basil Maitland  MID
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Lieutenant Aged: 21
Gill, Geoffrey  C/JX 235129
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Gowland, William Robert  D/SSX 15958
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 26
Griffith, Ben  D/J 113001
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 34
Hannant, James Henry  D/JX 202875
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
Harris, Walter  D/KX 134758
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 30
Hatton, Charles William  C/JX 169095
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
Herd, Charles Edmund  P/JX 381907
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
Herstell, Norman  P/JX 347783 Born: 4th Dec, 1924. 
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 18
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Johnson, Robert John  C/SSX 26525
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Jones, Louis Fleming  (RNVR)
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Lieutenant Aged: 24
Kennedy, Gordon Alexander  D/JX 154462
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 22
Kerr, David Arthur  P/MX 55013
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 22
Landing, John  P/KX 84477
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 28
Lillycrop, Francis William  P/KX 145412
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
At birth William Francis
Lovell, Ernest Albert  P/SSX 18599
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Marsden, Tom  P/MX 79301
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 23
Mason, George Hunter  P/KX 90779
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 25
May, Sidney James  C/SSX 30974
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
McLellan, Harold Benjamin Wilson  C/JX 259236
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 30
Milner, Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson  DSC
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Lieutenant Aged: 25
Mortimer-Lamb, Robert John  C/JX 145875
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 23
O'Leary, Michael Thomas  D/MX 49539
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Olding, Walter George  P/MX 46951
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Aged: 31
Rawe, James Alexander  P/JX 136102
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Chief Petty Officer Aged: 35
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Salmon, Alfred William  P/JX 295724
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Saunders, Arthur  P/JX 155201
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Schofield, Bernard Philip  C/JX 241234
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Seaborne, William Joseph Ronald  D/KX 94051
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
Shanks, Thomas Scott  (RNVR)
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 24
Sharp, Norman  D/JX 223594
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
Shepherd, John Veitch  P/KX 83132
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 28
Smith, William John  D/KX 145306
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Songhurst, Thomas James  C/KX 83463
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 30
Taylor, James  C/MX 77617
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 23
Wardale, Irvin George  D/JX 303574
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
At birth George Irvin
Wilson, William  P/SSX 18131
Died: 19th Nov, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 23

Events

 14-07-1941   Laid Down
 12-10-1942   Launched
 30-12-1942   Completed
 08-08-1943   While on patrol east of Bastia, HMS Simoom fires three torpedoes at a merchant. All torpedoes missed their target.
 09-08-1943   HMS Simoom attacked Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi off La Spezia. The torpedoes missed the cruiser but hit and sank the destroyer Vincenzo Gioberti
 19-11-1943   HMS Simoon believed lost by mines near the Dardanelles. No survivors

HMS Simoom sailed for a patrol in the Aegean on 2nd November 1943. On the 5th she received a signal to divert to the entrance of the Dardanelles. Ten days later she was sent orders to return to port. The submarine never arrived. On 15th November German radio broadcasts stated that a submarine had been destroyed in the Aegean and that several of the crew had been rescued. It is unlikely that this was Simoom, as it would have put her miles out of position. None of the claimed survivors stated that they were from Simoom. It is more likely that the submarine struck a mine or was lost through an accident.
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