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Talisman (N 78)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: T 1
Fate: HMS Talisman left Gibraltar on 10th September 1942 with stores bound for Malta. She reported sighting a U-boat off Philippeville, Algeria on the 14th, but was not heard from again.

HMS Talisman is presumed to have been lost on Italian mines in off Sicily. Though Italians claim to have sunk a submarine on the 17/9/1942 to the north west of Malta.

Talisman had been due to arrive at Malta on 18th September 1942.

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Commanders
1940: Lieutenant Commander   Philip Stewart Francis
1941: Lieutenant   Michael Willmott

1940-1941: Home Station.
1941-1942: Mediterranean Station.

Roll of Honour
63
 
Abbott, Herbert William  P/JX 274845
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 35
Abbott, Kenneth Patrick  C/JX 146230
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 22
Algar, Albert Edward  D/JX 137238
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Seaman Aged: 25
Aven, Arthur Albert  MID P/KX 93116
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 22
Beaton, John Main  C/JX 157253
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 20
Beattie, George  P/SKX 220
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Beckett, Joseph  D/JX 190290
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Bell, Arthur Robinson  P/SSX 20192
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 27
Bousfield, John  C/JX 148165
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 28
Bowers, George James  C/JX 155109
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Telegraphist Aged: 20
Brand, Patrick  C/KX 83617
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Brendon, Michael John 
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Lieutenant Aged: 22
Bullock, Edmund Thomas  DSM D/M 34905
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 38
Callaghan, Frank  D/KX 122480
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 33
Calvert, William Henry  C/KX 135226
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 19
Carey, Ronald James  C/JX 203003
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
Carlisle, Edward Humble  D/KX 132725
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Coleman, Leonard George  DSM P/JX 129212
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Seaman Aged: 31
Collins, John Henry  D/JX 136207
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 25
Connolly, Jack  C/KX 101049
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Coulter, Norman George  C/KX 92557
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
Deary, Richard  C/SSX 30938
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Eves, William Donald Heath 
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 21
Fairfield, James  D/JX 136787
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Seaman Aged: 26
Flynn, David  MID D/JX 134042
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 28
Foley, John Thomas  D/LX 22224
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Steward Aged: 29
Forsyth, Donald Douglas  P/MX 57727
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 25
Foulger, James  MID C/KX 83317
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 28
Freeman, Stanley  P/JX 100519
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Gall, Carl Edward  C/KX 114291
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Gormley, Francis Joseph  D/JX 169386
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Grant, William Job  C/KX 90653
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Hayburn, Andrew Joseph  D/JX 160711
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Haydon, Herbert Sydney  D/KX 81275
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 32
Hazzard, Kenneth  P/KX 117737
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
Jackson, Richard  DSM P/MX 54422
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 27
James, Frank Stanley  C/J 109512
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 35
Jancey, Stephen  D/JX 127692
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Seaman Aged: 31
Kirby, Maurice Willard  P/KX 89474
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 24
Lewis, Arthur Edward  D/MX 74704
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 21
Mack, David William  D/MX 50509
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Petty Officer Cook Aged: 27
Mahoney, Patrick  P/SSX 25966
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Marshall, Albert Richard  C/KX 144382
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 2nd Class Aged: 21
McEdward, John Craig  P/SSX 23361
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
McNally, William John 
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engineer Lieutenant Aged: 31
Merritt, Ronald John  P/SSX 32643
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Milligan, James Thomas  D/JX 198543
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Morris, Edward  P/JX 128030
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 31
Morse, William George  DSM D/JX 202869
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
Musgrove, William Charles  P/SSX 29947
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Telegraphist Aged: 22
Neilson, Thomas Paterson  C/MX 77954
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 20
Oakes, Harry George  MID C/JX 133119
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 28
Robinson, William  C/JX 147371
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Robson, Theophil Robert  C/MX 59052
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 22
Street, Frederick Charles Alfred  P/KX 135119
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Sullivan, Patrick John  D/KX 88242
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Thornhill, Albert Arthur  P/KX 117421
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Tolley, George William  P/SSX 31689
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Leading Signalman Aged: 21
Waterlow, Oscar Stephen Verity  MID
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Lieutenant Aged: 22
Wheeler, James William  P/KX 78798
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 33
Willmott, Michael  DSO
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Lieutenant Commander Aged: 33
Commanding Officer
Witham, Leslie Ronald  P/KX 112598
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Wood, George  C/MX 77710
Died: 17th Sep, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 22

Events

 27-09-1938   Laid Down
 29-01-1940   Launched
 29-06-1940   Completed
 25-11-1940   HMS Talisman captures the French fishing vessel Le Clipper in the Bay of Biscay near Lorient.
 16-08-1941   HMS Talisman attacks a submarine with torpedoes about 140 nautical miles north-west of Alexandria. All torpedoes fired fortunately missed their target as the submarine attacked later turned out to be HMS Otus.
 30-08-1941   HMS Talisman claims the sinking of two sailing vessels with gunfire north of Benghazi, Libya.
 01-10-1941   HMS Talisman attacks an Italian convoy with torpedoes in the Zea Channel missing the Italian merchant Lauretta. Talisman was heavily depth charged by the escorting Italian torpedo boat Libra.
 03-10-1941   HMS Talisman destroyes the wreck of the German merchant Yalova that is grounded at Agios Giorgios Island.
 04-10-1941   HMS Talisman torpedoes and sinks the Vichy-French passenger ship Theophile Gautier off Euboa Island, Greece.
 07-10-1941   HMS Talisman attacks the German merchant Salzburg with torpedoes west-north-west of Kasos Island, Greece. All torpedoes missed.
 11-12-1941   HMS Talisman torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Calitea some 90 miles south of Cape Matapan.
 17-09-1942   HMS Talisman left Gib for passage to Malta, where she was due no later than the 18th. Messages were received from the submarine on the 14th but she failed to arrive at Malta. The Italians claim to have sunk a submarine on the 17th to the north west of Malta. this is believed to have been the Talisman
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