Class

Boat

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)

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1943: Mediterranean

Roll of Honour

Adam, William Gillon

P/JX 344969

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Able Seaman

Anglesea, John

D/MX 102924

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class

Balson, Lewis Frederick Charles

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 30

Warrant Engineer

Bedford, Maurice Arthur

D/SSX 27992

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 24

Leading Seaman

Broadbridge, Thomas George

C/KX 83568

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 30

Stoker 1st Class

Caspell, George Edward

C/JX 163711

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 20

Telegraphist

Cole, Edward

P/KX 83973

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 29

Stoker Petty Officer

Cross, Charles Michael (RNVR)

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Sub Lieutenant

Day, Horace Charles

C/JX 207606

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 26

Signalman

Ellin, Sidney

C/JX 135616

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 28

Petty Officer Telegraphist

Elliott, Robert

P/JX 322974

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Able Seaman

Francis, Roland James

D/KX 137871

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 20

Stoker 1st Class

Garbett, Basil Maitland MID

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Lieutenant

Gill, Geoffrey

C/JX 235129

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Able Seaman

Gowland, William Robert

D/SSX 15958

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 26

Able Seaman

Griffith, Ben

D/J 113001

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 34

Petty Officer

Hannant, James Henry

D/JX 202875

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 25

Able Seaman

Harris, Walter

D/KX 134758

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 30

Stoker 1st Class

Hatton, Charles William

C/JX 169095

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 24

Able Seaman

Herd, Charles Edmund

P/JX 381907

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 19

Ordinary Seaman

Herstell, Norman

P/JX 347783

Born: 4th Dec, 1924.

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 18

Able Seaman

RN DoB 04/12/1923

Johnson, Robert John

C/SSX 26525

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Able Seaman

Jones, Louis Fleming (RNVR)

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 24

Lieutenant

Kennedy, Gordon Alexander

D/JX 154462

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Leading Telegraphist

Kerr, David Arthur

P/MX 55013

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Landing, John

P/KX 84477

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 28

Leading Stoker

Lillycrop, Francis William

P/KX 145412

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 20

Stoker 1st Class

At birth William Francis

Lovell, Ernest Albert

P/SSX 18599

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 23

Able Seaman

Marsden, Tom

P/MX 79301

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 23

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Mason, George Hunter

P/KX 90779

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 25

Leading Stoker

May, Sidney James

C/SSX 30974

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Able Seaman

McLellan, Harold Benjamin Wilson

C/JX 259236

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 30

Leading Telegraphist

Milner, Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson DSC

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 25

Lieutenant

Mortimer-Lamb, Robert John

C/JX 145875

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 23

Petty Officer

O'Leary, Michael Thomas

D/MX 49539

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 25

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

Olding, Walter George

P/MX 46951

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 31

Chief Engine Room Artificer

Rawe, James Alexander

P/JX 136102

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 35

Chief Petty Officer

SSX12777

Salmon, Alfred William

P/JX 295724

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Able Seaman

Saunders, Arthur

P/JX 155201

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Able Seaman

Schofield, Bernard Philip

C/JX 241234

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 22

Able Seaman

Seaborne, William Joseph Ronald

D/KX 94051

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 23

Stoker 1st Class

Shanks, Thomas Scott (RNVR)

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 24

Sub Lieutenant

Sharp, Norman

D/JX 223594

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 25

Able Seaman

Shepherd, John Veitch

P/KX 83132

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 28

Leading Stoker

Smith, William John

D/KX 145306

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Stoker 1st Class

Songhurst, Thomas James

C/KX 83463

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 30

Stoker 1st Class

Taylor, James

C/MX 77617

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 23

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Wardale, Irvin George

D/JX 303574

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 21

Able Seaman

At birth George Irvin

Wilson, William

P/SSX 18131

Died: 19th Nov, 1943.

Aged: 23

Petty Officer

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.

S3 Specification

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.

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Class

Boat

S3 Specification

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.

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