Trident (N 52)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 17th February 1946 at Newport. |
Trident launch
Trident (N 52)
Commanders
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander | Alan George Luscombe Seale | MID |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander | Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Peter Edward Newstead | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Arthur Richard Hezlet | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | John Martin Michell | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Arthur John Wright Pitt | DSO MID |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Anthony James Sumption | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Anthony Robert Profit | DSC MID |
1939: Home Waters.
1940: Home Waters.
1941: Home Waters/Arctic.
1942: Home Waters.
1943: Mediterranean/Indian Ocean.
1945: Second Submarine Flotilla, Indian Ocean
Trident is believed to be the most successful boat of the class. She was credited with destroying some 50,000 GRT of enemy shipping
She also managed to serve as a front line boat throughout the duration of the war. She completed 34 patrols in practically every theatre of the war.
From August 1941 until November of the same year she operated from Polyarnoe in company with H M Submarine Tigris, the first boats to do so. Whilst in this area she sank 5 ships of some 22,000 GRT as well as the submarine chaser UJ1213.
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Events
| 12-01-1937 | Laid Down |
| 07-12-1938 | Launched |
| 01-10-1939 | Completed |
| 20-10-1939 | Sailed on her first war patrol |
| 24-03-1940 | Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Edmund Hugo Stinnes 4 off Jylland, Denmark. |
| 08-04-1940 | HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Stedingen south of the Oslofjord. On the same day she missed the cruiser Lutsow with a salvo of 10 torpedoes. |
| 10-04-1940 | HMS Trident fires two torpedoes against the German merchant Wandsbek south-south-east of the Oslofjord. Both torpedoes missed. |
| 25-04-1940 | HMS Trident fires two torpedoes against the German merchants Palime and Pelikan about 30 nautical miles south-west of Lindesnes, Norway. Both torpedoes missed. |
| 02-05-1940 | HMS Trident attacks and damages the German merchant Clare Hugo Stinnes with torpedoes and gunfire off the Bjarn fjord, Norway |
| 23-06-1940 | HMS Trident fires four torpedoes at the German oiler Dithmarschen north of Frohavet. The torpedoes missed. |
| 08-10-1940 | U-31 was attacked by the British submarine Trident. First the submarine fired 4 torpedoes, all of which missed U-31. When the British sub began to fire its gun, U-31 crash-dived. The Trident followed up with some explosive charges, but without sucess |
| 27-12-1940 | HMS Trident fires five torpedoes against a darkened ship that entered Punta Delgada, Azores. All five torpedoes missed their target. |
| 19-08-1941 | HMS Trident damages the German merchant Levante east of Havoysund, Norway. |
| 22-08-1941 | HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Ostpreuaen in the Kvaenangenfjord, Norway. |
| 30-08-1941 | HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchants Donau II and Bahia Laura in Lopphavet, Norway. |
| 03-09-1941 | While returning to base at Polyarnoe, Russia, HMS Trident is fired upon but missed by the German submarine U-566. |
| 30-09-1941 | HMS Trident fires three torpedoes against the German hospital ship Birka in the Breidsundet about 4 nautical miles north-west of Havaysund, Norway. All three missed. |
| 03-11-1941 | HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1213/Rau IV in the Porsangerfjord. |
| 07-11-1941 | HMS Trident fires three torpedoes against the German minesweeper depot ship MRS 3/Bali north of the Laksefjorden. The torpedoes missed. |
| 23-02-1942 | HMS Trident sights heavy cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen in the North Sea and fires three torpedoes; one of which hits aft, damaging Prinz Eugen's rudder and blowing away 30 feet of her stern. She is taken into Lo Fjord at Drontheim, and temporary repairs (including the fitting of two jury rudders) is completed by the beginning of May |
| 20-04-1942 | HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Hadur in the Svefjord, Norway. |
| 03-04-1943 | HMS Trident fires 6 torpedoes against a submarine off La Spezia, Italy. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 09-04-1943 | HMS Trident fires two torpedoes against an Italian submarine off Corsica. Both torpedoes missed their target, |
| 14-04-1943 | HMS Trident attacks the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2202 with gunfire south-east of Capo Mele, Italy. |
| 12-05-1943 | HMS Trident unsuccesfully fires 6 torpedoes at the Italian merchant Agnani east of Cevrione, Corsica, France. |
| 14-05-1943 | HMS Trident unsuccesfully fires 4 torpedoes at the French passenger/cargo ship Cap Corse north-west of Corsica. |
| 27-06-1943 | HMS Trident sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire north of Crete. |
| 02-07-1943 | HMS Trident sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire off Rhodos, Greece. |
| 03-07-1943 | HMS Trident torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vesta west of Leros, Greece. |
| 04-07-1943 | HMS Trident sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire off Symi. |
| 08-07-1943 | HMS Trident damages the German patrol vessel GA 41/Tassia Christa with gunfire some 20 miles north of the Doro channel. |
| 29-08-1943 | HMS Trident missed training cruiser HIJMS Kashii off Sabang in the Strait of Malacca with a spread of eight torpedoes |
| 02-06-1945 | HMS Trident sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demoliotion charges in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 18-06-1945 | HMS Trident sinks a Japanese landing craft with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 03-09-1945 | Returned from her last patrol to Trincomalee, being the last boat of the East Indies Fleet to return from patrol |
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