| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Dunstone 9/5/58 |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | William St. George Anderson | DSC |
Roll of Honour |
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| Hiett, Ronald |
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| Leading Telegraphist | ||||||
| ''The son of George Edward Hiett (a printer) and Lucy Hiett. It is not established when he joined the Royal Navy or Submarines. On 2nd December 1944 he was a lookout when a Japanese communications vessel was attacked and sunk with demolition charges in the Makassar Straits. After diving Ronald was found to be missing. Despite resurfacing and searching he could not be found.'' |
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| 22-12-1942 | Laid Down |
| 30-09-1943 | Launched |
| 29-12-1943 | Completed |
| 29-06-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges off the west coast of Siam. |
| 04-07-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese tugboats and three barges with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. |
| 06-07-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks two small Japanese vessels with gunfire and demolition charges off the west coast of Siam. |
| 07-07-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. |
| 14-08-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Burma. |
| 27-08-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese fishing vessel with gunfire. |
| 08-10-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 09-10-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 13-10-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Kosei Maru and Hansei Maru off Towari, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 14-10-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Communication Vessel No.128 with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 15-10-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 25-11-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire south-east of Borneo. |
| 26-11-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south-east of Borneo. |
| 29-11-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese fishing vessels with gunfire in the Java Sea. |
| 01-12-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait. |
| 02-12-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Communication Vessel No.142 with gunfire in Makassar Strait. |
| 02-12-1944 | One member of the crew was lost. He was: Leading Telegraphist Ronald Hiett P/JX 166741. Ronald Hiett was born in Portsmouth on 14th February 1923 and he was the son of George Edward Hiett (a printer) and Lucy Hiett. It is not established when he joined the Royal Navy or Submarines. On 2nd December 1944 he was a lookout when a Japanese communications vessel was attacked and sunk with demolition charges in the Makassar Straits. After diving Ronald Hiett was found to be missing. Despite resurfacing and searching he could not be found. Twenty-one-year-old Ronald Hiett of 36, Boston Road, Wymering, Portsmouth is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval War Memorial on Panel No. 84 Column No. 2. |
| 05-12-1944 | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait. |
| 05-03-1945 | HMS Sturdy sinks two small Japanese landing craft with gunfire in the eastern part of the Java Sea. |
| 09-05-1958 | Scrapped at Dunstone |
| 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: | 1925 - 1946: Odin Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2 |
| Fate: | |
| On 1st August 1940 HMS Oswald was rammed by the Italian Destroyer Vivaldi off Cape Spartivento. The Submarine sank and three of the crew members were lost. The remainder of the crew survived and were taken as Prisoners of War. | |
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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. |
| Class: | 1925 - 1946: Odin Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2 |
| Fate: | |
| On 1st August 1940 HMS Oswald was rammed by the Italian Destroyer Vivaldi off Cape Spartivento. The Submarine sank and three of the crew members were lost. The remainder of the crew survived and were taken as Prisoners of War. | |
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Comments
Comment by: Joy Davis (nee Wellings) on January 11th, 2025
My dad swapped shifts with Ronald Hiett that day. It should have been dad who was on watch. He tried to contact his family when the war was over but with no success. He felt guilty that he had survived and Ronald didn't.
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