| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Used as a target and sunk in 1946. |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Arthur Antony Duff | MID |
| 1946: | Lieutenant | Albert George Davies | DSC |
Ex P81(i)
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.
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| Jones, Peter David Victor |
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| The son of Edward Victor Jones (an insurance manager) and Agnes Jones (nee Harland). At the time of the 1921 census Peter was at home with his parents at 38 Shafmoor Lane, Hall Green, Birmingham, and his elder sister Eileen and brother Kenneth Norman. Peter joined the Royal Navy and was promoted to acting sub-lieutenant on 23rd August 1942. In February 1943 he was serving in the submarine depot ship HMS Forth. Promotion to Lieutenant followed on 16th August 1943. On 20th September 1943 he was appointed to the submarine depot ship HMS Cyclops 'for submarines', and on 4th December 1943 Peter Jones was appointed to HMS STATESMAN 'as first lieutenant'. This was followed by an appointment to the submarine HMS Stubborn 'as first lieutenant' in April 1944. On 13th July 1945, HMS Stubborn left Fremantle for a 10th war patrol with orders to operate in the southeast of Java after stopping off at Onslow, Western Australia, to 'top up' with fuel on 16/17th July. Several small ships were sunk, and on 27th July at 1950 Stubborn went alongside a junk in position 08°05'S 118°03'E. Peter. Jones and L/Sea Kennedy boarded to investigate the cargo. Whilst manoeuvring to obtain a position to get out as soon as possible if needed, the junk broke adrift. It was not possible to close it again in the shallow water. L/Sea Kennedy was able to swim to Stubborn, but Peter Jones was not able to as the distance became too great. Peter Jones was told by megaphone that Stubborn would wait for him to return. He was searched for during the night and following day, but he was never seen again, and he was listed as 'missing, presumed killed'. Peter Jones was the husband of Doris Caroline Jones (née Butcher), whom he had married in Gosport in the 3rd Quarter of 1943. |
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| 10-09-1941 | Laid Down |
| 11-11-1942 | Launched |
| 20-02-1943 | Completed |
| 02-07-1943 | While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Stubborn fires torpedoes at a group of 3 German submarines (U-180, U-518, U-530) escorted by two destroyers. The torpedoes however missed their targets. |
| 26-01-1944 | HMS Stubborn fires four torpedoes during an unsuccesful attack on a German convoy off the Follafjord, west of Namsos, Norway. |
| 11-02-1944 | HMS Stubborn torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Makki Faulbaum and torpedoes and damages the German merchant Felix D. some 25 miles north-west of Namsos, Norway. |
| 13-02-1944 | HMS Stubborn unsuccesfully attacks a German convoy of 5 ships off the Folda Fjord, Norway. Stubborn fired 6 torpedoes but none found their target. Stubborn is heavily damaged by the German escort ships and has to be towed home. |
| 25-07-1945 | HMS Stubborn torpedoes and sinks the Japanese patrol vessel Patrol Boat No.2 in the Java Sea. |
| 27-07-1945 | HMS Stubborn sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the eastern part of the Java Sea. |
| 28-07-1945 | HMS Stubborn sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the eastern part of the Java Sea. |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 4th May, 1943 | |
| Motto | Fortiter in re. (Bravely in action.) | |
| Symbology | An allusion to the name. | |
| Design Notes | A mule's head erased affronty over water, barry wavy with four white and blue on a red background. | |
| 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. |
| Class: | 1941 - 1958: V Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in May 1946 at Cochin. | |
The Slow Death of a Submarine explores in minute detail a more rounded picture of what really happened before, during and after her tragic loss. In doing so Tony Booths book also takes a fresh look at culpability and explores some of the alleged conspiracy theories that surrounded her demise.
The result is the first definitive account what happened to HMS Thetis and her men a fitting tribute, as the seventieth anniversary of her loss will be on 1 June 2009.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 4th May, 1943 | |
| Motto | Fortiter in re. (Bravely in action.) | |
| Symbology | An allusion to the name. | |
| Design Notes | A mule's head erased affronty over water, barry wavy with four white and blue on a red background. | |
| 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. |
| Class: | 1941 - 1958: V Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped in May 1946 at Cochin. | |
The Slow Death of a Submarine explores in minute detail a more rounded picture of what really happened before, during and after her tragic loss. In doing so Tony Booths book also takes a fresh look at culpability and explores some of the alleged conspiracy theories that surrounded her demise.
The result is the first definitive account what happened to HMS Thetis and her men a fitting tribute, as the seventieth anniversary of her loss will be on 1 June 2009.
13 pages added or updated in the last Array month
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