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H. M. S.
S A H I B (P212 - Ex (P62))
B a t t l e H o n o u r
s
MEDITERRANEAN 1943
On completion in May 1942 this submarine was deployed in Home waters
and carried out a patrol off Norway during which she was part of the protection
provided for the ill-fated Convoy PQ17 which was scattered after a
perceived threat
from the German battleship TIRPITZ.
By September of that year she had been
transferred to the Mediterranean and sank a supply ship during an early patrol before
supporting the allied landings in North Africa to prevent interference by
Italian warships. On 11th November she sank an Italian ship carrying Prisoners
of War due
to a tragic misunderstanding. In 1943 she continued interception patrols in the
Mediterranean sinking three supply ships and the German submarine U301 on 21st
January. After attacking a convoy off Sicily in April 1943 she came under
counter attacks and sustained major damage making it necessary to scuttle the
submarine. Her Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Bromage RN.
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