| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | 27 February 1943 - Probably depth charged off Capri by German UJ2210 |
| 1939: | Lieutenant Commander | Howard Francis Bone | DSO DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant Commander | George Robson Colvin | DSO DSC MID |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Lennox William Napier |
1940: Home Station.
1941: Home Station.
1941: Arctic.
1942: Mediterranean.
1943: Mediterranean
The first boat to patrol the Bay of Biscay in July 1940. These patrols were referred to as the 'Iron Ring'.
Roll of Honour |
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| Abrahams, Herbert |
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| Adams, William Frederick |
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| Allbrighton, John Lewis |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Allen, Leonard Stanley |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Andrews, Eric Albert |
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| Andrews, William John |
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| Ordinary Seaman | ||||||
| Baker, Cyril Henry |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Batten, Charles Dennis |
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| Bennett, Harry Charles |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Bovington, Jack |
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| Ordinary Seaman | ||||||
| Brown, Arthur Robert Thomas |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Brown, William |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Cassidy, Michael |
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| Chalk, Ronald Charles |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Clark, Daniel |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Colvin, George Robson DSC* |
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| Lieutenant Commander | ||||||
| Coulson, Francis Leslie |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Crawley-Boevey, Thomas Roger |
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| Sub Lieutenant | ||||||
| Culbert, William Dudley |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Dempster, David |
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| Donachy, James |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Douglas, Woodrow Craig MID |
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| Leading Steward | ||||||
| Dufty, Mervyn Benjamin John MID |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Eaton, Richard Morton Powell |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Farrington, John Richard |
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| Signalman | ||||||
| Florence, Alfred James DSM |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Forsey, Samuel Frank MID |
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| Petty Officer Cook | ||||||
| Hall, Jack Dinsdale |
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| Ordinary Seaman | ||||||
| Hill, James Alfred |
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| Hurst, Percy |
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| Hyde, Charles |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| King, William Edward |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Lea, Ralph Hartley MID |
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| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||||||
| Lees, Harry MID |
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| Lincoln, William Golden DSM* |
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| Lock, George Leslie |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| McCarron, James Aloysius |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Moon, William Henry MID |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Nicholson, Gordon Stanley (RNR) |
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| Engineer Lieutenant | ||||||
| Nicholson, Lawrence Frederick |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Nutt, Wilfrid |
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| O'Connor, James |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Outhwaite, Ernest |
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| Pym, William John |
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| Quarrell, William Harold DSM* |
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| Raynor, Leonard John |
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| Rennie, Charles Marr |
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| At birth Clark, Charles Marr | ||||||
| Richman, Scott Lyon DSM* |
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| Chief Petty Officer | ||||||
| Roberts, Frederick |
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| Telegraphist | ||||||
| Rouse, Lawrence John Atkins |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Rowlett, Frank |
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| Rundle, Norman John |
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| Sabbe-St Leger, Anthony Rene |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| At birth Sabbe, Anthony R. Served as Sabbe-St. Leger, Anthony Rene | ||||||
| Sampson, Roderick Graham DSC |
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| Smith, George |
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| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||||||
| Soanes, James William |
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| Tanner, Frederick Mervyn |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Thomas, James Fearnley |
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| Tooke, Donald Percy |
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| Tucker, Owen Mountford |
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| Vines, Robert Stanley MID |
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| Wells, Leonard Horace |
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| Wiles, Maurice Charles William |
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| 11-05-1938 | Laid Down |
| 31-10-1939 | Launched |
| 20-06-1940 | Completed |
| 01-09-1940 | HMS Tigris sinks the French fishing vessel Sancte Michael with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay near Brest, France. |
| 02-09-1940 | HMS Tigris attacks the German submarine U-58 with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay about 30 nautical miles south-west of Lorient, France. All torpedoes missed. |
| 05-10-1940 | HMS Tigris attacks a submarine with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. This might have been the Italian submarine Otario. |
| 16-10-1940 | HMS Tigris sinks the French fishing vessel Cimcour with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay. |
| 02-11-1940 | HMS Tigris fires two torpedoes against the Italian submarine Veniero in the Bay of Biscay of the Gironde estuary. Both torpedoes missed. |
| 12-11-1940 | HMS Tigris sinks the French fishing vessel Charles Edmond with gunfire about 70 nautical miles west of the Gironde estuary. |
| 12-02-1941 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the French fishing vessel Rene Camaleyre in the Bay of Biscay about 5 nautical miles east of Biarritz, France. |
| 19-02-1941 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Jacobsen off Bayonne and the French merchant Guilvinec about 90 nautical miles south-west of the mouth of the Gironde estuary. |
| 02-04-1941 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Thorn about 25 nautical miles west off the Loire estuary. |
| 05-07-1941 | The Italian submarine Michele Bianchi is torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, France by the British submarine HMS Tigris. |
| 17-08-1941 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian passenger/cargo ship Haakon Jarl near Svrholt, Norway. |
| 13-09-1941 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Richard off the Rolvsoy Fjord about 11 nautical miles north-east of Hammerfest, Norway. |
| 15-09-1941 | HMS Tigris fires four torpedoes against the German merchant Bessheim in Lopphavet, Norway. All torpedoes missed. |
| 17-09-1941 | HMS Tigris fires four torpedoes against a merchant of 3000 tons in a German convoy in Lopphavet about 10 nautical miles west of Loppa Island, Norway. All four torpedoes missed. |
| 26-09-1941 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and heavily damages the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1201 off the Rolvsoy Fjord. |
| 14-10-1941 | HMS Tigris attacks a convoy off the Laksfjord. Tigris fired three torpedoes but missed the Norwegian merchants Mimona, Tugela and Havbris. |
| 06-12-1942 | The Italian submarine Porfido was torpedoed and sunk about 90 nautical miles north-north-east off Bone, Algeria by the British submarine HMS Tigris. |
| 21-01-1943 | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Genova in the Strait of Otranto about 25 nautical miles west of Saseno Island |
| 27-02-1943 | HMS Tigris sailed from Malta on 18th February for a patrol south of Naples. HMS Tigris was last sighted at 0730 on the 24th February, 39 miles from Capri. On the morning of the 27th UJ2210, escorting a convoy six miles south east of Capri made contact with a submarine and carried out three depth charge attacks, the third attack brought oil to the surface and the contact was noted to be stationary. A forth attack of fifteen depth charges brought a huge bubble of air to the surface. On 6th March Tigris was ordered to Algiers but there was no reply to this signal and Tigris failed to return to harbour. |
| Length overall | 275 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 14 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 1327 tons (surface) |
| 1575 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface 15.25 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged8.75 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 7500 miles at 15.25 knots (design) |
| (ii) Surface: 8000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | (i) 8 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 2 x 21 inch amidship tubes | |
| (16 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| (ii) 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 5 Officers and 51 Ratings |
| (wartime) 6 Officers and 56 Ratings | |
| Notes | (i) As an alternative load, Group 1 submarines could carry 18 mines |
| (ii) These were later replaced by, or supplemented by one 20mm Oerlikon cannon |
Varangian (P 61) |
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U2 |
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Fate: The Submarine was sold for scrap in June 1949 and was broken up by JJ King at Rosyth. |
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| Length overall | 275 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 14 ft 3 inch |
| Displacement | 1327 tons (surface) |
| 1575 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 300 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface 15.25 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (design) | |
| Submerged8.75 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 7500 miles at 15.25 knots (design) |
| (ii) Surface: 8000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 80 miles at 4 knots (service) | |
| Armament | (i) 8 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 2 x 21 inch amidship tubes | |
| (16 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| (ii) 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 5 Officers and 51 Ratings |
| (wartime) 6 Officers and 56 Ratings | |
| Notes | (i) As an alternative load, Group 1 submarines could carry 18 mines |
| (ii) These were later replaced by, or supplemented by one 20mm Oerlikon cannon |
Varangian (P 61) |
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U2 |
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Fate: The Submarine was sold for scrap in June 1949 and was broken up by JJ King at Rosyth. |
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Each entry includes a brief description of the submarines development and history, a colour profile view or cutaway, key features and specifications. Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs.
The World s Greatest Submarines is a colourful guide for the military and naval history enthusiasts.
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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Comments
Comment by: Allan Klo on December 16th, 2016
13-09-1941: The "Richard With" was NOT a German merchant ship.
It was a Norwegian passenger ship. Plain murder at sea, that´s what it was.
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