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Trenchant (P 331)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: T 3
Fate: Scrapped in July 1963 at Faslane.

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Commanders
1943: Lieutenant Commander   Arthur Richard Hezlet DSC MID
1945: Lieutenant   John Chaloner Ogle DSC
1946: Lieutenant   John Evelyn Moore
1954: Lieutenant Commander   Andrew Thomas Chalmers DSC MID

Events

 09-05-1942   Laid Down
 24-02-1943   Launched
 26-02-1944   Completed
 09-08-1944   HMS Trenchant sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Hiyoshi Maru No.3 and two other small Japanese vessels with gunfire off the south-west coast of Sumatra.
 16-09-1944   HMS Trenchant lays mines in the the Straits of Malacca.
 19-09-1944   HMS Trenchant sinks two Siamese sailing vessels through ramming east of Sumatra.
 23-09-1944   The German submarine U-859 is sunk north-west of Penang in the Straits of Malacca by torpedoes from HMS Trenchant.
 27-10-1944   Chariots released by HMS Trenchant sink the Japanese army cargo ship Sumatra Maru in Phuket harbour, Siam.
 21-12-1944   HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese landing craft with gunfire off the eastern coast of Sumatra.
 22-12-1944   Accompanied by HMS Terrapin. They sink the Japanese tanker Yaei Maru No.6 with gunfire off the south side of the Japanese Fleet anchorage at Lingga Roads
 29-12-1944   HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
 30-12-1944   HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
 31-12-1944   HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
 24-02-1945   HMS Trenchant sinks one 100 ton vessel, two 20 ton lighters and 3 junks.
 25-02-1945   HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
 09-03-1945   HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
 25-05-1945   HMS Trenchant sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 105 east of Mandalike Island.
 08-06-1945   HMS Trenchant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in the northern entrance of Bangka Straits.
 13-07-1945   HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off western Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
 15-07-1945   HMS Trenchant sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire north-east of the Lombok Strait.
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