XE 11 (Lucifer)
| Built By: | Broadbent (Huddersfield) |
| Build Group: | XE |
| Fate: | Sank after a collision in Loch Striven on the morning of 6th March 1945. XE-11 had been calibrating instruments in Loch Striven. The Submarine was changing depth and was in collision with a Ministry of War Transport Boom Defence Vessel (previously the Fleetwood Steam Trawler Norina which was laying buoys. The Commanding Officer and two ratings were lost. |
Unofficially named Lucifer
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Bill's prime Cause Celebre has resulted in his being included in the Guinness Book of Records as having made the deepest unaided ascent from a sunken submarine. He has other claims worthy of recognition, he was among those officers and men who trained many of the crews who joined the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla during WW2. This Flotilla consisted of X Craft and Two Man Chariots. It was based at Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute. The HQ was known as HMS Varbel.
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 06-03-1945 | |||||
| Carroll, John Joseph D/JX 204290 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 03-07-1920 | Died: 06-03-1945 | Aged: 24 | ||
| from Liverpool | |||||
| No Next of Kin or other family details are available for John Carroll of 58a, Tillard Street, Liverpool | |||||
| Higgins, Edwin William D/KX 165317 | |||||
| Stoker 1st Class | Died: 06-03-1945 | Aged: 20 | |||
| from London | |||||
| Edwin Higgins was the son of Edward and Dorothy Higgins of Hackney Wick, London. He was the husband of Rose Higgins of Homerton, London. | |||||
| Staples, Aubrey (SANF(V)) 67415 | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 06-03-1945 | Aged: 24 | |||
| from Salisbury Rhodesia | |||||
| Aubrey Staples was the son of George and Edith L Staples of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | |||||
Events
| 06-03-1945 | XE11 was lost while exercising in Loch Striven when she collided with a boom defence vessel that was laying buoys. |
Comments
Comment by: Sheryl Hay on March 23, 2021
Lesley Swatton also escaped from the XE11 and was also in the Guinness Book of Records for the deepest ascent unaided.
Comment by: ButeBhoy67 on March 27, 2020
It didn't happen in 1944, the sub actually crashed in 1945.
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