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Triad (N 53)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: T 1
Fate: On 15th October 1940, the Italian submarine Enrico Toto (C.C. Bandino Bandini) encountered HMS Traid south west of Calabria in position 38°16'N, 17°37'E.

The Submarines passed at close range on opposite courses as the Italian submarine engaged with machine-gun fire and three rounds of 4" from her deck gun, claiming two direct hits. HMS Triad fired back scoring a hit on the conning tower of Enrico Toti but this caused only slight damage and wounded two sailors. Triad’s torpedo missed the Italian submarine by a few yards.

Triad pulled away and dived but Enrico Toti had fired a torpedo which made a direct hit. Triad was lost with all hands.
Triad
Triad

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Commanders
1939: Lieutenant Commander   Ronald McClellan Powning Jonas
1940: Lieutenant   Eric Roland John Oddie
1940: Lieutenant Commander   George Stevenson Salt

Roll of Honour
53
Died: 23-10-0040
Eccles, Jack  P/JX 151868
Telegraphist Died: 23-10-0040 Aged: 23
Died in Gibraltar after boat was reported overdue/missing.
Died: 15-10-1940
Anderson, Thomas Alexander Clifton  MID D/JX 136455
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Andrews, John William  DSM C/JX 132482
Petty Officer Telegraphist Born: 14-10-1912 Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 28
Appleby, James  D/LX 21374
Leading Steward Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 28
Barlas, William  D/JX 176316
Ordinary Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 21
Bettison, Kenneth William  P/KX 89095
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 22
Bevan, Sidney Thomas  C/K 66988
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 35
Blondel, Leonard Maurice  P/JX 137444
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Bradshaw, Albert Philip  C/JX 139810
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 22
Brown, Lionel James  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Buchanan, John Gibson  DSM P/M 21997
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 39
Collinge, William Edmund  DSC
Engineer Lieutenant Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 29
Cullingford, George Baker  C/JX 140353
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 22
Dean, Herbert 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 28
Dunford, William Ernest  P/J 107529
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 23
Dunlop, Edward  D/JX 131180
Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 28
Dunn, Edward Joseph  C/SSX 15824
Able Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Dunstane, William Albert Charles James  P/MX 58294
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 23
Edden, Charles Henry  P/M 38715
Leading Cook Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 35
Edney, Arthur Alfred  DSM P/MX 47220
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 34
Evans, Jack Marshall  P/KX 85559
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 23
Ford, Albert Victor  P/JX 140903
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 21
Giles, Frank Ernest  P/KX 93071
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 20
Gooch, Leonard Thomas  P/KX 93122
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 26
Guy, Henry  C/MX 49874
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 28
Hardy, Thomas  D/MX 51874
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 29
Harris, Cecil Albert Frederick  P/JX 134110
Able Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 26
Hayward, Albert Edward  MID D/MX 46535
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 28
Horton, Robert  D/KX 84927
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Howells, David John  D/KX 75860
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 33
Hume, Thomas William  P/JX 141266
Able Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 21
Ingram, John Mathieson Fleming  C/KX 90220
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Johnson, Frank Walter  C/JX 128624
Chief Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 29
Jones, John Horace Gordon  C/JX 166510
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 31
Jonsson, Albert Frederick Frank  D/JX 147064
Able Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Keith-Roach, Martin  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 26
Morgan, Percy  P/J 113202
Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 32
Morris, Frank Ernest John  P/JX 145364
Leading Telegraphist Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 20
Porteous, Thomas Henry  DSM D/KX 76525
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 32
Rickerby, Isaac  P/KX 84885
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Robbins, Ronald Harry Hurford  C/KX 86676
Leading Stoker Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 23
Salt, George Stevenson 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 32
Commanding Officer
Shelley, George Alfred  C/LX 23743
Assistant Steward Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 27
Simcox, Walter Ernest  C/JX 138265
Leading Seaman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 24
Skinner, Wilfred  P/KX 75150
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 33
Smith, Jack Rufus  C/KX 84445
Leading Stoker Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 27
Thomas, William Stanley  C/KX 91768
Stoker 1st Class Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 21
Thompson, William Ronald  C/KX 84363
Leading Stoker Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 25
Westbrook, Cyril Thomas  P/JX 137776
Leading Telegraphist Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 23
White, Charles Horace  DSM P/J 101818
Petty Officer Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 35
Whitebread, Albert Edward  P/K 59163
Leading Stoker Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 39
Williams, William Richard  MID C/JX 140208
Telegraphist Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 23
Wood, Harry Malcolm Sydney  P/JX 131816
Leading Signalman Died: 15-10-1940 Aged: 27

Events

 24-03-1938   Laid Down
 05-05-1939   Launched
 16-09-1939   Completed
 11-04-1940   HMS Triad torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Ionia in the Skagerrak south of the Oslofjord, Norway.
 19-04-1940   HMS Triad fires four torpedoes against the German depot ship Tsingtau in the Skagerrak south of the Oslofjord. All torpedoes missed.
 15-10-1940   In October 1940 HMS Triad was patrolling the coast of Libya before proceeding to Alexandria. By 20th October the submarine was overdue. It was initially believed that Italian aircraft had bombed Triad off Calabria, but it was later discovered that she had been attacked and sunk by the Italian submarine Enrico Toti on 15th.
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