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Simoom to Spearhead Page last Updated: 3-Jan-2008 Name Class Pennant Crew Built Builder Disposal Date Method Simoom S3 P225 48 12 Oct 42 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 19-Nov-43 War Loss Originally named P75. Lt. G.D.N. Milner DSC RN. 8 Aug 43, while on patrol east of Bastia, made an unsuccessful attack on a merchant ship. 9 Aug 43 attacked the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi 5 nautical miles south-west of La Spezia, 44º04'N, 09º23'E. The torpedoes missed the cruiser but hit and sank the destroyer Vincenzo Gioberti (1685 tons) instead. Sailed from Port Said, Egypt on 2 Nov 43 for the Aegean and arrived off the Dardanelles on 6th. Possibly sank the Italian merchant Trapani (1855 BRT) on 10 November and the Greek sailing vessel Trias on the 15th.  Failed to answer signal on 19th, presumed mined and paid off on that date. Germans claimed sunk by Type VIIc U-boat U-565 off Kos island - German radio broadcasts stated that a submarine had been destroyed in the Aegean and that several of the crew had been rescued. It was unlikely that this was Simoom, as it would have put her miles out of position. None of the claimed survivors stated that they were from Simoom. It is more likely that the submarine struck a mine or was lost through an accident. Sirdar S3 P226 c/s GGFX 48 26-Mar-43 Scotts, Greenock   01-May-65 Scrap Completed by VA Barrow (Scotts yard bombed). Lt. J.A. Spender, RN. Completed a patrol of 49 days in Far Eastern waters in 1945. 8 Jun 44 sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. 11 Jun 44 damaged a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra. 18 Jul 44 sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. 21 Jul 44 sank two Japanese coasters with gunfire off the west coast of Siam. 1 Sep 44 sank a small Japanese vessel with gunfire north-west of Sumatra. 2 Sep 44 sank the Japanese guardboat Kaiyo Maru No.5 (93 GRT) with gunfire about 17 nm SE of Meulaboh, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, 03º55'N, 96º20'E. 25 Dec 44 sank a Japanese vessel with gunfire off Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. CO Lt Cdr Peter Piper DSO DSC&Bar (ex Unsparing) from Aug 45. Assisted in the search for the lost Affray in 1951, by sitting on the bottom of the sea off Portland to give the searchers experience in locating a sunken submarine. 1 Feb 1953 Sirdar was swamped by floods while in dry dock at the naval dockyard at Sheerness, Kent, and later sank. 1959 used in experiments at Rosyth by Naval Construction Research Establishment. Broken up at Boness. Pictured post-war - see snort mast lying horizontally abaft the conning tower. Sleuth S3 P261 48 01-Jul-44 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 01-Sep-58 Scrap Assisted Solent in sinking Japanese Special Minesweeper No.3 in Java Sea 26-Apr-45. The two COs were brothers - Lt.Cdr. J.D. Martin (Solent) and Lt.Cdr. K.H. Martin (Sleuth). See pictures. Streamlined '46 Converted to high-speed target-vessel - see Seraph. 13/6/52: collided with the destroyer HMS Zephyr in heavy fog while leaving Portsmouth harbour, U.K. The Zephyr suffered flooding in one of its magazines. Broken up Charlestown. Sleuth post streamlining. Snapper S2 39S, N39 39 14-Jun-35 HMDY Chatham 12-Feb-41 War Loss Portsmouth 1935, Med 36-39. Between Aug 1935 to Oct 1938 was the first command of Lt. 'Tubby' Linton, later of the Turbulent, earning a posthumous VC. Home in 1939, operating with the 3rd Flotilla from Harwich. 12-Apr-40, Sank the small German tanker Moonsund by gunfire in the Northern Skagerrak, outside Larvik, Norway - of the crew on Moonsund eight men perished, while six men were taken as prisoners of war. The wreck of Moonsund has not been found, but several fishermen have lost their nets in the area. 14-Apr-40. Sank the minesweepers, Behrens and C Jansen in the Kattegat, and possibly damaged a merchant vessel of 7,500 tons in the Skagerrak. Four hits were recorded on targets in this small convoy, in an attack which had commenced while Snapper was recharging batteries on the surface. 3-Jul-40. Sank the merchant ship Cygnus, 1,300 tons. 29-Jan-41. Sailed from the Clyde on her thirteenth patrol to an area off Ushant, Bay of Biscay, commanded for the first time by Lt Prowse, in lieu of Lt Commander King DSO RN, her usual CO, who was in hospital. Left her escort at Land's End; on 7 Feb she was ordered, by signal, to remain on billet until 10 Feb and then to return home with her escort, but she was not heard from again and failed to rendezvous on 12-Feb. Possibly went down in German minefield, though a submarine attacked the German minesweepers M2, M13 and M25 on the night of the 10/11th Feb in the area where she might have been, and was subjected to a counter-attack in which 56 depth charges were dropped. She did not return to base - no signals were acknowledged after this date. This attack is the most likely cause of her loss. There were no survivors. Solent S3 P262 c/s GGXR 48 08-Jun-44 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 01-Aug-61 Scrap Lt. J.D. Martin, DSC, RN. Assisted Sleuth in sinking of Japanese Special Minesweeper No.3 in Java Sea, 26-Apr-45. Pictures. 28 Jun 45 sank a Japanese landing craft and damaged another with gunfire to the north of Banka Strait. 5 Aug 45 to 15 Aug 45 Sleuth and Solent (the captains were brothers) together sank 15 Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. 15 Aug 45 sank a Japanese patrol vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. Converted to high speed target-vessel (45-46?). See Seraph. Pictured in 1953.   Spark S3 P236 48 28-Dec-43 Scotts, Greenock   28-Oct-49 Scrap Lt. D.G. Kent, RN 21 Oct 44 arrived at Trincomalee to join the Eastern Fleet. 20 Nov 44 sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. 28 Nov 44 sank a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. 1 Feb 45 sank a Japanese coaster and a barge that it was towing, and a Japanese tug, with gunfire in the western part of the Java Sea. Also another coaster is forced ashore on Panjang Island. 8 Feb 45 attacked by an enemy escort which dropped 16 depth charges. Spark was not damaged. 29 Mar 45 sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Flores Sea. 31 Mar 45 sank a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Flores Sea. Towed XE1 from Brunei to Singapore to attack the cruisers Takao and Myoko, July 1945. Oct 45, returned to the UK. Scrapped at Faslane. Spearfish S2 69S 39 11-Dec-36 Cammell Laird 01-Aug-40 War Loss Lt. J.H. Eaden. 1939 - More details. 24 Sep 39 heavily damaged by German warships off Horns Reef. She was unable to submerge but nevertheless managed to escape. A rescue mission was undertaken by the British Humber force and Home fleet. Safely put in Rosyth on the 26th. Repairs were completed in early March 1940. 11 Apr 40, Lt.Cdr. J.H. Forbes DSO RN. While patrolling in the Kattegat, torpedoed and damaged the German pocket battleship Lützow 6 nautical miles north of Skagen, Denmark in position 57º50'N, 11º00'E putting her out of action for over a year as repairs were only completed in June 1941. 20 May 40 sank the Danish fishing vessels S. 130 and S.175 with gunfire in the North Sea in approximate position 55º00'N, 03º30'E. Sailed Rosyth 31 July 40, lost 1 Aug 40, east of Scotland in North Sea (c 58-07'N, 1-32'E) - by 1 torpedo from German Type VIIA U.34 while heading for patrol off Norway. U-34 was returning from her last patrol as a combat boat. She had only one torpedo remaining after a successful patrol (already 4 ships sunk). The U-boat picked up the sole survivor (AB William Pester) from HMS Spearfish.   Spearhead Neptuno S162 S3 P263 39 2-Oct-44 Cammell Laird   Scrap Op Sabre, towed XE4, under the command of Cdr R E Youngman, formerly of Trooper. 26-July-1945 relieved the USS Lamprey west of Pengiboe Island, Singapore area. Sold to Portuguese Navy 1948, renamed Neptuno.
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