| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | T 2 |
| Fate: | HMS Turbulent was presumed to have mined off Sardinia on or about 14 March 1943. The Submarine had sailed from Algiers on 24th February 1943 for what was to be her last patrol in the Mediterranean before returning home. A signal was sent to Turbulent on 20th March giving a route back to Algiers. No reply was received concerning this signal. It is thought that there were two likely reasons for the loss of Turbulent . These were a depth charge attack by a Ju88 and the Italian Destroyer Ardito on 6th March 1943 in the Bay of Naples or striking a mine in the minefields north and east of Sardinia between 12th and 14th March 1943 The entire crew of sixty-two Officers and Ratings was lost. |
| 1941: | Lieutenant Commander | John Wallace Linton | DSC |
From the outbreak of war until HMS Turbulent's last patrol Commander Linton was constantly in command of submarines, and during that time inflicted great damage on the enemy. He sank one cruiser, one destroyer, one U-boat, wenty-eight supply ships, some 10000 tons in all, and destroyed three trains by gunfire.
Roll of Honour |
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| Baker, Arthur Osmond |
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| Bennett, Frederick George Newhouse |
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| Biddlecombe, William Henry Joseph |
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| Billingsley, Morgan Ensor DSC |
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| Blake, John Priestley |
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| Bourne, Albert Edward |
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| Boyce, James Michael |
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| Boyce, Victor Cornwall |
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| Brokenshire, Henry |
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| Bromby, Harry |
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| Chief Engine Room Artificer | ||||||
| Brown, Norman |
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| Chartres, Clive Frederick Evelyn DSC |
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| Clements, Brian Clement Weston DSM |
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| Courtnall, Cyril Frank |
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| Crowston, Arthur Stanley MID |
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| Darling, Cecil |
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| Deller, John Albert |
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| Dennis, Ronald Arthur |
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| Down, Cyril Stanley Thomas |
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| Dye, Walter James |
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| Farrow, William Edward DSM* |
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| Ford, Cyril Davis |
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| Gardner, Tom |
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| Petty Officer Cook | ||||||
| Glester, William Arthur |
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| Glover, William Henry |
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| Goldsworthy, Andrew |
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| Gorman, Bernard DSM |
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| Hadley, William Kerly |
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| Hall, Richard |
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| Hay, George |
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| Hogg, William |
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| Hunnisett, Brian |
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| Jones, Norman Edwin |
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| Lawson, John Monteith |
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| Linton, John Wallace VC* |
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| Lloyd, Christopher Albert MID |
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| Lyfield, Albert Ray |
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| Mason, George Leonard |
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| Maynard, Albert Ernest |
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| Morris, Cyril Edward |
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| Morris, Frederick Charles |
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| Oates, Leonard Charles |
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| Ogden, Charles |
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| Ormerod, Maurice MID |
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| Pearce, Charles Henry MID |
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| Peebles, William Carton DSM* |
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| Reeves, Robert Herbert |
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| Richardson, William MID |
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| Ridley, Robert Rowcroft DSM |
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| Sharp, William Edward MID |
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| Simpson, Malcolm MID |
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| Stead, John |
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| Stone, Frederick Percival de Maine |
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| Stranaghan, Harold |
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| Sweeney, Joseph |
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| Todd, Charles Alfred |
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| Tunnell, Joseph William Thomas |
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| Walker, Henry Frederick |
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| Wallis, Frederick Charles |
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| Walton, Leslie |
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| Weatherley, James William |
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| Wheeler, Frank Thomas |
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| Wheldon, Harold Walter |
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| Whyte, Hugh McLaren DSM |
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| Wilkes, George Harold |
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| Williams, Geoffrey Alwyn |
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| Willicombe, Thomas John |
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| 15-03-1940 | Laid Down |
| 12-05-1941 | Launched |
| 02-12-1941 | Completed |
| 02-03-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessels Prodromos and Aghios Apostolos with gunfire in Saloniki Bay. |
| 03-03-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessels Aghios Yonizov, Aghios Dyonysios and Evangelista with gunfire in Saloniki Bay. |
| 13-03-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghia Traio with gunfire off Mykonos Island, Greece. |
| 07-04-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian merchant Rosa M. with gunfire south of Cattaro, Yugoslavia. |
| 12-04-1942 | HMS Turbulent makes a torpedo attack on a submarine off Fiume. The target is not hit. |
| 14-04-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian sailing vessel Franco with gunfire off Sebenico, Yugoslavia. |
| 16-04-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Delia off Brindisi, Italy. |
| 14-05-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian sailing vessel San Giusto with gunfire 10 miles east of Apollonia, Greece. |
| 18-05-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolsena west of Bengasi, Libya. |
| 29-05-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian destroyer Emanuelle Pessagno and the Italian merchant Capo Arma about 70 nautical miles north-west of Bengasi, Libya. |
| 02-06-1942 | HMS Turbulent twice attacks the German submarine U-81. All 7 torpedoes miss the target. |
| 24-06-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Regulus in the Gulf of Sirte about 5 nautical miles west of Ghemines. |
| 04-07-1942 | While on patrol off Benghazi, Libya HMS Turbulent fires torpedoes at the Italian transport Nino Bixio and the German transport Ankara. The torpedoes miss. |
| 06-08-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the wreck of the Italian destroyer Strale off Cape Bon. |
| 17-08-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and damages the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio 12 nautical miles south-west of Navarino, Greece. This ship is loaded with some 2000 POW's, over which over 300 perish as a result of this attack. |
| 19-08-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Pozarica off Antikythera, Greece. |
| 08-10-1942 | HMS Turbulent sinks the German Kreta with gunfire near Ras al Hilal, Libya. |
| 11-11-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine tender Bengasi about 10 nautical miles north-east of Capo Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 29-12-1942 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Marte east of Cape Ferrato, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 11-01-1943 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Vittoria Beraldo near Cattaro, Yugoslavia. |
| 01-02-1943 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pozzuoli off Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy. |
| 05-02-1943 | HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Utilitas off Palermo, Sicily, Italy. |
| 23-02-1943 | HMS Turbulent sailed from Algiers for a patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Turbulent did not respond to any further messages and did not return. |
| 01-03-1943 | HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian merchant San Vincenzo off Paola, Italy. |
| 14-03-1943 | HMS Turbulent was lost, presumed mined IT is believed by a variety of sources that Turbulent was actually sunk whilst transiting a minefield. Her Captain Tubby Linton V.C. heard a message about a possible target that was not intended for him. He was on an interception course and forgot to check for any info on minefield disposition. (Source the Fighting Tenth) On 23rd February 1943 HMS Turbulent sailed from Algiers for a patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea. On 1st March she attacked and sank the Italian steam ship Vincenz. On the 11th she is known to have attacked the mail ship Mafalda. The following morning the anti-submarine trawler Teti II sighted the periscope and conning tower of a submarine and attacked, it is believed, without success. Turbulent did not respond to any further messages and did not return when expected on 23rd March. |
| 25-05-1943 | The King was Graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross for great valour in command of HM Submarines to Commander John Wallace Linton, DSO, DSC, Royal Navy |
| 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) | |
| Submerged 8.75 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 x 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 | 56 |
| 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. |
| Class: | 1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Regent is assumed to have been lost in the Adriatic Sea off Bari between the 18th and 25th April 1943. The submarine is thought to have strayed into a minefield. The entire crew of sixty-three Officers and Ratings were lost. The first of four bodies washed up near Brindisi on 1st May 1943 and was the body of an ERA dressed in overalls and wearing a DSEA escape kit. Another was washed up at Santa Andrea di Missipezza on 15th May 1943 also wearing a DSEA kit. On 16th May either an Officer or a Petty Officer was washed up at Torre Santo Stefano, north of Otranto and, on the same day, another was washed up at Castro Marina. | |
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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) | |
| Submerged 8.75 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 x 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 | 56 |
| 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. |
| Class: | 1929 - 1946: Rainbow Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Regent is assumed to have been lost in the Adriatic Sea off Bari between the 18th and 25th April 1943. The submarine is thought to have strayed into a minefield. The entire crew of sixty-three Officers and Ratings were lost. The first of four bodies washed up near Brindisi on 1st May 1943 and was the body of an ERA dressed in overalls and wearing a DSEA escape kit. Another was washed up at Santa Andrea di Missipezza on 15th May 1943 also wearing a DSEA kit. On 16th May either an Officer or a Petty Officer was washed up at Torre Santo Stefano, north of Otranto and, on the same day, another was washed up at Castro Marina. | |
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Comments
Comment by: JEAN-PIERRE MISSON on April 22nd, 2016
HMS TURBULENT COULD BE ONE OF THE EIGHT SUBMARINES THAT HAVE BEEN SONAR LOCATED OFF TABARKA , TUNISIA IN 2015 . THIS WILL BE ASCERTAINED THIS SUMMER 2016 . THE AREA IS NOW KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN A NAVAL MINEFIELD PLANTED BY THE GERMAN 3S.FLOTILLA , DEC 1942.
Comment by: Christopher Morgan-Jones on April 8th, 2016
The wreck has not been found and the mining has been discredited. She was peobably lost in an engagememt by the Italian navy ship Ardito.
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