Trusty to TurpinPage last Updated:
3-Jan-2008
| Name | Class | Pennant | Crew | Built | Builder
| Disposal Date | Method |
Trusty | T2 | N45 | 61 | 14-Mar-41 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Jan-47 | Scrap | After
work up and patrols around UK and Bay of Biscay, Trusty patrolled in
the Med, 1941. Sailed from the Med 26-Dec-41 and arrived at Colombo mid Jan
42; 12 Jan 42, sailed for war patrol in Malacca Strait and arrived Singapore on 31-Jan-42.
War patrol in Gulf of Siam, shelling Japanese merchant coaster Se Go
off Poulo Condore, French Indochina; went on to Surabaya 19 Feb 42 due to the fall of Singapore and operated with
Truant and Dutch and American submarines. 13 Apr 42 sailed for
patrol of Malacca Strait and arrived Colombo 30 April.
28 May 42: sailed for war patrol in Malacca strait - sank 'Toyohashi Maru',
returning 17 Jun 42. 11 Jul 42: sailed for war patrol in Malacca strait,
returning 30 July 42.
17 Aug 42: sailed for war patrol off Sabang, returning 5 Sep.
23 Sep 42: sailed for war patrol Malacca strait/missed attack on tanker,
returned 12 Oct.
6 Nov 42: sailed for war patrol off Penang/hit and damaged one ship 18 Nov, the 7,000 ton
Kara Maru, returned 24 Nov 42, refit and repair until 1 Jan 43,
having been in a collision with a merchant ship at Colombo.
4 Jan 43: sailed for war patrol in Lombok strait, returned late Jan.
4 Feb 43: sailed for war patrol/special op in the
vicinity of Cambodia Point in French Cochin-China (a former colony now part
of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Theit). The submarine sailed via Exmouth
Gulf in Western Australia to replenish fuel and provisions from US Navy
stocks maintained there. On 17 Feb a night passage of Lombok Strait and
later Karimata Strait was undertaken and a successful landing was
accomplished after dark. As no aircraft had been sighted on
the northbound passage most of the south bound passage was made on the
surface, after passing through Karimata Strait on the 9th Trusty
attacked and sunk a ship estimated to be of 3,000 tons. Later that same day,
tried to attack a tanker that suddenly altered course towards her and the
attack had to be aborted. Traversed Lombok Strait the following night and
arrived at Exmouth Gulf for more fuel and provisions, sailing the
following day for Colombo, arriving on 27 Feb 43.
Repairs and refit until 5 Apr 43, then sailed Colombo for return to
UK/arriving Diego Suarez 14 Apr; Durban 22 Apr; Simonstown 29 Apr; Freetown
29 May 43; Gibraltar 7 Jun (after collision with Spanish fishing vessel);
Holy Loch 26 Jun 43.
An epic commission of 27 months had come to an end. Further service
details being sought.
(Sub. Lt.) John Harvey-Jones (later of ICI) 4th Hand at some point. Later commanded by
Lt
Cdr Edward Stanley
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Tudor | T3 | P326 c/s GGXS | 61 | 23-Sep-42 |
HMDY Devonport | 01-Jul-63 | Scrap |
 Based Far East 44-45, Trincomalee/Fremantle, carrying out 7
war patrols. 14 small craft sunk, also carried out minelaying and 'special' missions, landing agents in Malaya.
In 1946, made available to scientists engaged in exploring sea bed, mainly off West coast of UK. Streamlined in the 1950s.
Broken up Faslane 1963.
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Tuna | T1 | 94T, N94 | 56 | 10-May-40 | Scotts, Greenock |
01-Jun-46 | Scrap |
 Lt.
Cavenagh-Mainwaring RN. 22 Sept 40, near the Gironde estuary, France, Tuna
torpedoed and sunk a merchant ship (45.19N, 01.20W) which, it was later
discovered, was the Norwegian Tirranna, which had been carrying
prisoners from Allied merchant ships captured in the Indian Ocean by the
German surface raider Atlantis.
A total of 292 people had been on board the Tirrana, 87 died, among them 3 of Tirranna's
original crew and 3 from Talleyrand, 1 being a mess girl.
(One source says 1 of Tirrannas passengers was also among
the dead). 71 Indians, 9 British and 1 German also lost their
lives. The survivors spent 3-4 hours clinging to debris before
they were eventually rescued by German vessels. This fast,
spacious Norwegian liner tried to outrun the Atlantis, which fired 7
salvoes before scoring a hit; 32 more (150 rounds) over 3 hours, being
required to stop her. A 7,230 ton Wilhelmsen Liner, she had been bound for
the UK, with a cargo of wheat, flour and wool, as well as 178 trucks, 5.500
cases of beer, 300 cases of tobacco, 3.000 cases of canned peaches and
17.000 cases of jam! Five of her crew lost their lives during the chase, and
her Captain complained bitterly that Norway had just made peace with Germany
that very day!
Atlantis put a prize crew on board, but due to Tirranna
being so low in fuel, she was sent to the south to wait until Atlantis
could capture a tanker.
Having failed to do this, Rogge, Atlantis's Captain, ordered that she
sail to Italian Somaliland with his 126 prisoners, and then rejoin the raider. Having duly returned,
and with over 300 prisoners on board, Tirranna was dispatched to
Bordeaux, arriving on the 22 September; only to be sunk off the Gironde,
within sight of land, by three torpedoes from the Tuna.
In the same patrol, on 24 Sep 40, off St Nazaire, France, torpedoed and
sank the German seaplane carrier (or 'catapult ship') Ostmark,
operated by the Luftwaffe. The Ostmark had been a relay ship for
trans-Atlantic mail.
According to the RegiaMarina
site, Tuna "exchanged fire" with the Italian submarine Brin
in the Straits of Gibraltar, 18 Dec 40.
Late December 1941, acted as navigational beacon and cover for the Commando
raid on Vaagsų, Norway.
7 Dec
42, under the command of Lt Cdr Dick Raikes RN, launched Op Frankton (Cockleshell
Heroes - delivery of Commandos to the mouth of the River Gironde, France,
for raid of Bordeaux). See Lt Cdr Raikes' obituary (from the Daily
Telegraph) here.
7 Apr 43, Lt DSR Martin RN. Sank German
Type VIIC s/m U644 northwest of Narvik, SSE of Jan Mayen, in position 69.38N, 05.40W.
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Turbulent | T2 | N98 | 61 | 2-Dec-41 | Vickers Armstrong |
23-Mar-43 | War Loss | Cdr John 'Tubby' Linton VC DSO DSC. Sank 100,000
tons in Med. More details.
 29th May 1942 sank three transports and an escorting
Italian destroyer
Emanuele Pessagno northwest of Benghazi. 17 Aug 42, torpedoed Nino Bixio
but 336 POWs lost. Sailed from Algiers on 23-Feb-43. Attacked escorted ship Vincenz on 1-March.
On 11-Mar-1943 attacked mail ship Mafalda. Lost off Maddalena, NE Sardinia in Tyrrhenian Sea - by depth charges of
Italian MAS (MTB) escorts; lost with all hands. Linton's VC was not 'gazetted' until May 43.
Turbulent on the left, in a Mediterranean port - the boat
spent time between patrols in Alexandria, Port Said, Beirut, Haifa, Malta,
Gibraltar and Algiers.
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Turpin | T2 | P354, S54 c/s GGZM | 61 | 5-Aug-44 |
HMDY Portsmouth | 1978 | Scrap |
 For the
second time in 7 years Lady Tovey, wife of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Tovey, named the
Turpin - having done it at her launch, she was also present on 17-Sep-51 at Chatham after a
reconstruction. In 1958, having developed engine trouble, she was towed home from Kingston, Jamaica,
by the tug Samsonia - 5200 miles in 29.5 days, the longest tow in submarine history. Arrived
Devonport 9-Apr-58 and proceeded next day to Portsmouth for repairs. Turpin was the last submarine
based in Malta - leaving for UK 9-Nov-64. Arrived Portsmouth 20-Nov-64 to pay off.
 Transferred to Israeli
navy 1965, renamed as Leviathan. 1978 deleted.
As INS Leviathan in 1965 - note the modern fin, more like the fin of
the Oberon Class. More pictures and details here.
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