P311 to P714
Page last Updated:
21-Jun-2011
| Name | Class | Pennant | Crew | Built | Builder
| Disposal Date | Method |
P311 | T3 | P311 | 40 | 5
Mar 42 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 08-Jan-43 | War Loss |
Cdr Richard D Cayley and 2 Bars, RN - ("Harmonica Dick"), 8 June 1942 - 8 January 1943.
Only unnamed T-class boat - was due to
have been named Tutenkhamen. Fitted to carry 2 human torpedoes
(Chariots). Lost while engaged in
Operation Principal, Chariot attack on Italian cruisers at La Maddalena. Left Scotland in November
1942 with sister-boats Thunderbolt and Trooper after addition of human torpedo deck-mounted watertight containers,
direct for Malta. From there, sailed with two Chariots for Operation
"Principal". Last signal on 31st December from position 38-10'N, 11-30'E. Probably sunk by Italian mines in the
approaches to Maddalena. Italians claimed sunk by torpedo boat 'Partenope' on 29th - two days before her last signal;
lost with all hands. |
P511 | Ex US R.3 | SS80, P511 | 33 | 18
Jan 19 | Quincy, Fore River, USA
| Oct 44 | Returned |  The
former USN R Class boats (P511, P512 and P514):
- Displacement: 530 tons surfaced, 680 tons submerged
- Length: 186'1"
- Beam: 17'6"
- Draft: 13'8"
- Speed: 13.5 knots surfaced, 10.5 knots submerged
- Armament: 1 3"/50, 4 bow torpedo tubes, 8 18" torpedoes
- Complement: 34
- Diesel engines, 880 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 934 h.p.
submerged
- Range: 3,700 miles at 10 knots surfaced; 100 miles at 10 knots
submerged
R-3
Commissioned 17 April 1919, with Lt Cdr A.H.Guthrie as her first commanding officer. Her initial assignment
was with SubDiv 9, at New London, with a winter deployment in the Gulf of
Mexico. Transferring to San Pedro, CA in 1920, she moved to Pearl Harbor in
1923, participating in fleet exercises and training.
In 1930, reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet, arriving in
New London in February. She served as a training boat at the Submarine
School for five months, after which she was sent to Washington for air
purification tests at the Naval Research Laboratory. In 1932 she conducted
sound and radio experiments, and was involved in diver
training at the Deep Sea Diving School.
Placed in reduced commission in April 1933, moved to
Annapolis, as a training boat. In 1934 she was decommissioned at
Philadelphia.
Recommissioned at New London on 19 August 1940, joined
SubDiv 42 and, after training, was transferred to Coco Solo, in the Panama
Canal Zone. Mid 1941 returned to New London.
Transferred to RN 4-Nov-1941 at New London.
Joined 7th Flotilla at Holy Loch for anti-submarine training in January 1942. In January 1943
transferred to Plymouth, for use as an anti-submarine 'target' boat. Damaged in collision with
P556. October 1944 placed in reserve and nominally returned to USN November 1944, but
remained laid up. Scrapped at Troon in February 1948.
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P512 | ex US R.17 | SS94, P512 | 33 | 24
Dec 17 | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, USA | 1944 | Returned |
 Commissioned toward the end of World War I, R-17 operated briefly off the California coast, then patrolled off the Panama Canal Zone, returning to California in December 1918. In March 1919, she arrived at San Francisco, California, for overhaul, after which she moved west to Pearl Harbor. Departing the West Coast 17 June, she arrived in Hawaii on 25 June and for the next 11½ years operated with fleet units and tested equipment being developed for submarines.
The submarine, given hull classification symbol SS-94 in July 1920, departed Pearl Harbor 12 December 1930, called at San Diego, California, thence continued on to the East Coast for inactivation. Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 9 February 1931, she was decommissioned 15 May and berthed at League Island until after the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Recommissioned at New London, 25 March 1941, R-17 headed south on 14 May, patrolled in the Virgin Islands during June; off the Canal Zone in July, August, and September; then, in October, returned to New London. For the next four months she conducted training exercises.
On 9 March 1942, she was decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease agreement. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS P.512, she was employed at Bermuda as a training ship for the Royal Canadian Navy until 6 September 1944 when she was returned to the U.S. Navy at Philadelphia. Retained for use as a target ship until after the end of the war in Europe, R-17 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 June 1945. She was sold, 16 November 1945, to the North American Smelting Company in Philadelphia, for scrapping.
Took part in a propaganda/feature film, "Corvette K225", as a U-boat (released in UK as
"The Nelson Touch").
19 July 42 transferred to Royal Canadian Navy, operating from Bermuda and Halifax NS. Returned to US in Sep
1944 and sold for scrap in Philadelphia November 1945.  |
P514 | ex US R.19 | SS96, P514 | 33 | 28
Jan 18 | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, USA | 21-Jun-42 | War Loss |
 First commissioning, into the US Navy, occurred just before the end of World War One. R-19 remained on the West Coast of the United States for nine months at San Pedro, California, until March 1919 then at San Francisco, California, undergoing overhaul, until June 1919. On 17 June 1919, R-19 got underway from the United States and commenced a transit to the Territory of Hawaii. Eight days later the submarine arrived at Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii and commenced almost twelve years of training submarine crews and testing equipment.
During July 1920, the hull classification symbol of R-19 was changed from "Submarine Number 96" to "SS-96."
On 12 December 1930, R-19 departed Pearl Harbor and commenced a transit to the Philadelphia Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. En route, the submarine called at San Diego, California; moved south to the Panama Canal Zone; negotiated the Panama Canal; then moved north through the Caribbean Sea and the coastal waters of the East Coast of the United States; and, finally, on up Delaware Bay and Delaware River to Philadelphia.
On 15 May 1931, R-19 was decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and placed in the reserve fleet at that shipyard, where she remained berthed at League Island for the next nine years.
R-19 recommissioned on 6 January 1941, then transited to the United States Naval Submarine Base at Groton, Connecticut, where she reconditioned. During May 1941, R-19 headed south. During the remainder of the spring, summer, and into the fall of 1941, she patrolled and conducted training exercises in the Virgin Islands and off the Panama Canal Zone. During October 1941, R-19 returned to Groton and continued her role as a training submarine. On 9 March 1942, R-19 was decommissioned.
R-19 was transferred to the United Kingdom under the terms of Lend-Lease on 9 March 1942. Commissioned into the Royal Navy, she was renamed HMS P.514.
Lt
Cdr R.M.E. Pain RN. Sunk by accident in Atlantic. On 20-Jun-1942 P514 left the Canadian village of Argentia,
Newfoundland, bound for St Johns, Newfoundland. At 0300 on the 21st the minesweeper Georgian was waiting to
provide an escort for a convoy
southbound for Sydney, Nova Scotia. The Georgian, unaware that any friendly submarines were in the area,
assumed that the dark shape of P514 crossing her bow, was an enemy vessel. The Georgian rammed the
mystery submarine amidships and reported it sunk. A rescue mission was immediately sent out but no survivors were
found. A Board of Enquiry into the accident accepted that the Captain of the Georgian had acted correctly as
there had been no reply from the submarine to his identification challenge. |
P551/Jastrzab | ex-US S25 |
SS130, P551 | 42 | 29
May 22 | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, USA
| 2-5-1942 | War Loss | S-25 was laid down on 26 October 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 29 May 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Ross P. Schlabach, and commissioned on 9 July 1923 with Lieutenant Commander George H. Fort in command.
Operating from New London, Connecticut, in 1923, S-25 participated in winter maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea and Panama Canal Zone area from January into April 1924. Then transferred to the West Coast, she operated primarily in the waters off southern California into 1931. Fleet problems and division exercises during that period took her back to Panama from March into May 1927 and in February 1929 and to Hawaii in 1927, 1928, and 1930. Transferred again, she sailed from San Diego, California, on 15 April 1931; arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 April; and from then into 1939 operated in Hawaiian waters.
S-25 cleared Pearl Harbor to return to the Atlantic Ocean on 16 June of that year and arrived at New London on 25 August. Voyage repairs followed and in February 1940, she was assigned to a test and evaluation division there. In December, she was detached and ordered to Key West, Florida, where she provided training services into May 1941, then returned to New London to prepare for transfer under the terms of the lend-lease agreement.
Leased by the Royal Navy 4 November 1941 and simultaneously transferred to Great Britain where she was renamed HMS P551. She was then loaned to the government of Poland in exile, accepted by Lieutenant Commander B. Romanowski of the Polish Navy, and commissioned as ORP Jastrząb.
December 1941
arrived UK, initially joined 3rd Flotilla at Greenock, but transferred to 6th Flotilla, based at Blyth. Refitted on Tyneside
Feb-March 1942 before deploying on first operational patrol in May. Acting as an escort to convoy QP.11 when attacked in error
by HNoMS St. Albans (former RN Lend/Lease destroyer, Clemson/Town class) and Minesweeper
HMS Seagull. Lost 2 May 1942. 5 men lost.
(So an American 1918 DD sunk an American 1922 submarine.)
Specifications for USN S Class (P551, P552, P553, P554, P555 and P556):
- Displacement: 800 tons surfaced, 1062 tons submerged
- Length: 219'3"
- Beam: 20'6"
- Draft: 15'1"
- Speed: 14.5 knots surfaced, 11 knots submerged
- Armament: 1 4"/50, 4 bow torpedo tubes, 12 21" torpedoes
- Complement: 50
- Diesel engines, 1200 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 1500 h.p.
submerged
- Built at Bethlehem, Quincy and commissioned 1923
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P552 | ex-US S1 | SS105, P552 | 42 | 26
Sep 18 | Quincy, Fore River, USA | 1944 | Returned, Scrap |
 The
first of the USN S-boats, not commissioned until 5 Jun 20. After a
shakedown cruise to Bermuda, she operated out of New London until 1923. In
late 1923, S-1 was modified by the addition of a steel seaplane
hangar abaft the conning tower. A Martin MS-1 collapsible seaplane was
housed in the hangar. This could be brought out, assembled, and launched by
flooding down until the deck was awash. The experiments were continued
through 1926. Deactivated at Philadelphia on 20 Oct 37. Recommissioned
on 16 October 1940 as part of the pre-war buildup, served on training duty
until the U.S. entry into Second World War. She was transferred to the RN at
new London on 20 Apr 42. 1 May 1942, picked up 3 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Taborfjell , which had been
torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-576 about 95 nm east of Cape Cod in position 41º52'N, 67º43'W.
Renamed as HMS P-552, arrived UK in July and initially intended
that she go to Bombay as a training
boat; however this was amended to Simonstown, South Africa. She arrived in South Africa, via Gibraltar
and Freetown, in December 1942. She was not in good material condition, and spent much of her time in
dockyard hands. Declared unseaworthy following a collision in Durban harbour in January 1944, and paid
off into reserve. Nominally returned to USN 16 October 1944. Sold for scrap locally at Durban in June 1946.
She was not physically returned to the United States, but was stripped for
parts and her hull sold on 20 July 1945. |
P553 | ex-US S21 | SS126, P553 | 42 | 18
Aug 20 | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, USA | 1944 | Returned |
 Her keel was laid down on 19 December 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 August 1920 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Baxter, and commissioned on 24 August 1921 with Lieutenant R. P. Luker in command.
Following operations from New London, Connecticut, S-21 was decommissioned and returned to her builder on 31 March 1922. After she was reacquired by the Navy, S-21 recommissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 14 September 1923 with Lieutenant Commander Palmer H. Dunbar, Jr., in command. From 1923 into 1930, S-21 operated off the northeastern coast of the United States. From January into April 1924, she visited the Panama Canal, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, and Trinidad. Departing from New London on 25 November, she visited Hawaii, from 27 April to 25 May 1925, before returning to New London in July. Following duty in the Panama Canal area, from February through April 1926, she visited Kingston, Jamaica, from 20 to 28 March 1927. The submarine operated in the Panama Canal area, from February into April 1928. From 4 October 1928 until 30 November 1928 S-21 was the vessel used in the first gravimetric observations at sea made by the United States.
S-21 served again in the Panama Canal area from March into April 1929, and from January through February 1930. Departing New London on 22 October that year, S-21 sailed via the Panama Canal and California to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 7 December. From 1931 into 1938, S-21 operated from Pearl Harbor, with the period 18 November 1932 to 24 January 1934 spent in reserve.
Departing Pearl Harbor on 15 October 1938, she sailed via California and the Panama Canal to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arriving on 11 December. Following overhaul she arrived at New London on 25 March 1939. She remained at New London with a partial crew from 1 June of that year until 1 September 1940, when she was returned to full duty.
On 9 December, two days after the Pearl Harbor attack, S-21 got underway for the Panama Canal Zone. Arriving ten days later, she conducted defensive patrols in the Pacific Ocean approaches to the canal through May 1942. Her second such patrol, 24 January to 7 February, was cancelled to allow her to participate in search and rescue operations for submarine USS S-26, which had been rammed by submarine chaser PC-460 on the first day of the patrol.
In June 1942, S-21 returned to New London. On 14 September, she was decommissioned and was transferred to the United Kingdom. As HMS P.553, she served in the Royal Navy until returned to the United States Navy, at Philadelphia, on 11 July 1944. Subsequently used as a target, she was sunk off northern New England on 23 March 1945. Ex-US S class
boat, transferred to RN at New London 14 September 1942. Remained in American waters, based at Halifax, NS,
as a training boat. Returned to USN at Philadelphia 11 July 1944.
Sunk as a target off New England on 23 March 1945. |
P554 | ex-US S22 | SS127, P554 | 42 | 15
Jul 20 | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, USA | 1944 | Returned,
Scrap |  In addition to duty off the northeastern coast, out of New London, Connecticut, from 1924 through 1930, S-22 visited Hawaii from 27 April to 25 May 1925. S-22 operated in the Panama Canal Zone from February through April 1926, and visited Kingston, Jamaica, from 20 to 28 March 1927. She served again in the Panama Canal area in the late winter and early spring of 1928, 1929, and 1930. Sailing from New London on 5 January 1931, she cruised via the Panama Canal and California to Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 25 April. From then into 1938, S-22 operated in Hawaiian waters. Departing from Pearl Harbor on 15 October 1938, S-22 returned to New London on 11 December where she joined a test and evaluation division. Occasionally, the submarine was employed in training United States Naval Academy midshipmen at Annapolis, Maryland, and assisting the diving school at Piney Point, Maryland.
After duty at Key West, Florida, from December 1940 into May 1941 and overhaul during the latter half of 1941, S-22 served in the Panama Canal area from January into March 1942. Returning to New London on 17 April, she was decommissioned on 19 June 1942 and was transferred to the United Kingdom for service in the Royal Navy as HMS P.554. Returned to the United States Navy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 11 July 1944, S-22 was subsequently used as a sonar target at New London and in tests at the U.S. Naval Experimental Facility, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in August 1945. Her hulk was sold for scrapping on 16 November 1945 to North American Smelting Company in Philadelphia. |
P555 | ex-US S24 | SS129, P555 | 42 | 27
Jun 22 | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, USA | 1942 | Sunk
(Target) |  Her keel was
laid down on 1 November 1918 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in
Quincy, Massachusetts. She was
launched on 27 June 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Herbert B. Loper, and
commissioned on 24 August 1923 with Lieutenant Commander Louis E.
Denfeld in command.
Operating from New London, Connecticut, in 1923 and 1924, S-24 served at
Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, in February 1924. She
visited Trinidad from 6–13 March, the
Panama Canal area in April of that year and
Hawaii from
27 April to May 1925. Next, into 1930, she served principally at
San Diego, California,
San Pedro, California, and
Mare Island, California. In addition to service in the Panama Canal area
in February and March 1926 and again in February 1929, S-24 visited
Hawaii in
1927 and 1928 and twice in 1929. Sailing from San Diego on 1 December 1930,
she arrived at
Pearl Harbor on 12 December. From then into 1938, S-24 operated
at Pearl Harbor. Departing from Pearl Harbor on 15 October, she returned to
New London on 4 January 1939.
After serving with a partial crew at New London from 1 April of that
year, S-24 resumed full duty on 1 July 1940. Following duty out of
New London during that year and into 1941, S-24 served next in waters
near the Panama Canal from late December into May 1942. Returning to New
London on 21 May, S-24 decommissioned there on 10 August 1942, and
was transferred on that date to the
United Kingdom. In the
Royal
Navy she became
HMS P555. Returned to the
United States Navy at the end of the war in Europe, S-24 was
struck from the Navy List and was intentionally destroyed on 25 August 1947.
Now lies some miles
South West of Portland, 50.30.87N 02.33.43W. Sunk 28-Apr-47 as Asdic Target in depth of 42m.
Still reasonably intact and upright (Ack. Darren Wigington).
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P556 | ex-US S29 | SS134, P556 | 42 | 9
Nov 22 | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, USA | 1945 | Returned,
Scrap |  Ex-US boat, transferred to RN at New London 5
June 1942. Arrived Gibraltar, via Bermuda, in August 1942 to refit, nominally as part of 8th Flotilla. To
Plymouth February 1943, for anti-submarine training role. Moved to Portsmouth, same role, in November 1943.
Damaged by a battery explosion 27 January 1944, and paid off into reserve in April. Nominally returned to
USN 26 January 1945. Sold to Messrs Pounds, Portsmouth for scrap 24 January 1947 (but not broken up for
years afterwards,
possibly 1987).
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P611 | ex-Turkish | 'Oruc Reis' | 40 | 1941-2 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 1957 | Scrap | | Turkish
submarine Oruc Reis being built by Vickers at the outbreak of war. Completed 1 December 1941 and
commissioned into RN for work up. Very similar to S Class, but fewer tubes forward (4). Decided to complete and deliver
this and Murat Reis, so temporarily commissioned in RN as P611 for delivery. Sailed Clyde 26
Mar 42, reaching Turkish base of Iskanderun 9 May, via Gibraltar and
Alexandria. |
P612 | ex-Turkish | Murat Reis | 40 | 1939/40 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 1957 | Scrap | | Turkish
submarine Murat Reis being built by Vickers at the outbreak of war. Very similar to S Class, but
fewer tubes. Completed 7 January 1942 and commissioned in RN for work up, attached 3rd Flotilla, Clyde.
Decided to complete and deliver this and Oruc Reis, so temporarily commissioned in RN as
P612 for delivery. Sailed UK 26 March 1942 in company with P.611, but passage from Gibraltar
to eastern Med made separately. Transferred
to Turkish navy 25 May 1942 as Murat Reis. |
P614 | ex-Turkish | Burak Reis | 40 | 1939/40 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 1957 | Scrap | Turkish submarine
Burak Reis being built by Vickers at the outbreak of war. Very similar to S Class, but fewer tubes.
Decided to complete and retain this and Uluc Ali Reis, commissioned in RN as P614. Used for
training around West of Scotland. While operating and training off Scotland, she was, with
P615, one of the boats to have 'starred'
as 'Sea Tiger' or P61 in the British wartime film "We Dive at Dawn", with John Mills. (last
digit of pennant number painted over). Between April and Oct 1942 was used for patrols off Norway and
as escort for convoy PQ17 to Murmansk.
20 Sep, 1942 (Lt. D.J. Beckley, RN) attacked but missed the German submarine U-408
with torpedoes in the Arctic Ocean. It had, at the time, been thought that they had sunk the target and on 17 Nov 1942
Lt. Beckley even received a DSO for sinking an enemy submarine.
Finished off by torpedo the US SS Christopher Newport
which had been damaged by bombing. Dec 42 to Aug 43 served in South Atlantic. Oct 43 to Aug 44 refit
in UK and then serving with 12th Flotilla working with X Craft at Kames Bay until March 45. Handed over
to Turkey 17 Jan 46. See
a personal recollection.
Another Picture. 
HMS
Sibyl inboard, with P614 middle and unknown U Class
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P615 | ex-Turkish | Uluc Ali Reis | 40 | 1940 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 18-Apr-43 | War Loss | |
Uluc Ali Reis was being built for Turkey at start of war. Decided to complete and retain in RN. Similar
to British S Class. Completed in April 42.
Co-star of the film "We Dive at Dawn", with P614 (last digit of
pennant number painted over). Escorted convoy PQ17 to Murmansk 1942. Left Freetown, Liberia, 17 April 43 bound
for Takoradi under escort from the minesweeper MM107. During the night submarine and escort lost contact
and on the morning of the 18th the minesweeper sighted what was thought to be a torpedo track, pass from port to
starboard. Contact was gained with P615 and as there was no evidence of a U-boat in the area the torpedo
track was put down to a porpoise. P615 and MM107 regained visual contact and the minesweeper took
station 300 yards off the submarine’s starboard quarter. At 0950 the minesweeper sighted the merchant vessel
Empire Bruce and whilst signalling the ship, noticed that P615 was also signalling.
A few minutes later the submarine was seen to explode and sink. Observers suggest that the submarine had been
hit on her starboard side by a torpedo although no torpedo track had been seen. She had been hit by a torpedo
fired from German Type IXb U-boat U-123. See a personal recollection.
(The U-123 had been one of the most successful of all submarines in the war, sinking well
over 220,000 tons of shipping. It was later taken over by the French as Blaison and served as until 1959). |
P711 | Archimede, Ferraris | ex X.2, ex-Galileo Galilei | 55 |
01-Aug-34 | Cantieri
Tosi (Taranto, Italy) | 01-Jan-46 | Scrap | |
Formerly the Italian Archimede class submarine Galileo Galilei. Having participated in the Spanish Civil War,
Galilei was stationed in the Red Sea in 1940, when her air-conditioning malfunctioned and she was forced to
the surface where she engaged British warships until she was captured 19-Oct-40, south of Aden in position
12.48N, 45.12E by the ASW trawler HMS Moonstone. Galilei was taken to Alexandria, renamed as the
X2, commissioned into the RN for training duties,
and for a while at Port Said to supply
electricity. She was renamed again as P711, transferred to the East
Indies from 1941 to 1944, and then sent back to the Mediterranean, being
used for training in both locations. She was scrapped in 1946 at Port Said.
Moonstone had been a fishing trawler (the Lady Madeleine) when
purchased by the RN and returned to that trade post war (as the mercantile
Red Lancer in 1946, scrapped in 1964). |
P712
HHMS Matrozos
| 600, Perla | ex-Perla | 55 | 3
May 36
| Cantieri Riuniti de l'Anreitico (Montfalcone, Italy) | 1954 | Scrap |
 Formerly the Italian submarine Perla, captured in Mediterranean,
off Beirut, 9 July 42 by the RN corvette HMS Hyacinth. Perla, commissioned in July 1936, was on
patrol off Beirut, Lebanon on 9 July 1942. She sighted a warship which she correctly identified as a corvette,
and elected to attack her with torpedoes. It was HMS Hyacinth, on passage, who sighted the tracks,
avoided the torpedoes and turned up the track to attack the submarine. She dropped a well judged initial
pattern of depth charges which broke some of her depth gauges and no doubt did other damage. The submarine's
commanding officer, Lt. Ventura, went to 180ft. and then almost to her maximum depth of 250 ft., pursued by
two further patterns of depth charges from Hyacinth which jammed the submarine's diving planes,
broke more gauges and caused her port tanks to blow automatically, resulting in the submarine abruptly surfacing.
Without gauges it was impossible for the CO to determine where she was. When she was obviously
on the surface and a seaman un-dogged the upper hatch, he was blown clear overboard by the built up pressure
and killed; the only casualty. The submarine was taken into Alexandria and some time later commissioned into
the RN as P712 but manned by Greek submariners while still attached to the RN 1st Flotilla. She was handed over
to the Hellenic Navy in 1943, and served in operations on at least two patrols as Matrozos (CO. Lt J. Massouridis HN).
With two other original Greek submarines, she entered Piraeus to signify the liberation of Greece
from German occupation and continued serving in the Greek Navy until 1954 when she too was scrapped.
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P714
Bronzo, Narval
| Acciaio, Platino | ex-Bronzo | 44 | 28
Sep 41
| Cantieri Tosi (Taranto, Italy) |
1949 | Scrap | | Formerly the Italian
Acciao/600 class submarine Bronzo,
captured off Syracuse 12 July 1943, by HMSs Boston, Cromarty, Poole and Seaham. Became HMS P714 then, 29 Jan 44,
transferred to the Free French Navy as FS Narval.
Details of the class.
 Minesweeper of the same class (Bangor) as those
above that captured the Bronzo. |
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