Modified T Class Submarines and
third of this Class ordered from HM Dockyard, Chatham with HM
Submarine TRENCHANT on 25th August 1941 and laid down on 11th
February 1942. This submarine was launched on 11th December 1942 as
P329
but was renamed TRADEWIND in March 1943 before build
completion on 18th October 1943. Acceptance Trials were carried out
in the Clyde after the ship had been commissioned for service. This
boat had a minelaying capability.
B a t t
l e H o n o u
r
s
MALAYA
1944-45
Heraldic
Data
Badge :
On a
field Blue, a cherub
blowing Gold
M o t t
o
Ventis
semper secundis: 'With winds ever
fair'
S u m m
a r y o f W a r S e r v i c e
1 9 4
3
October
Completed contractors sea trials and commissioned for
service
18th Build
completion.
November
On completion of Acceptance Trials took passage to
Clyde.
December
Worked-up for operational service with 3rd Submarine Flotilla based
in Holy Loch.
1 9 4
4
January
On completion of work-up deployed for Flotilla duties in NW
Approaches
February
Deployed for escort of HM Submarine STUBBORN which had been damaged
by depth
charges whilst attacking convoy off Norwegian coast.
Nominated for service in Eastern Fleet with 4th Submarine
Flotilla.
March
Passage to Ceylon
April
Joined Flotilla at Trincomalee
May
Deployed for interception patrols in Indian
Ocean.
to
Commanding Officer, Lieut Maydon RN.
July
August
5th Carried
out unsuccessful attack on coaster under
escort.
9th Carried
out gun attack on same coaster and a minelayer sinking both ships
and
taking 14 prisoners
September
16th Sank two barges off
Sunda Strait
18th Sank mercantile JUNYO
MARU of 5,065 tons
October
Flotilla duties based at Trincomalee
30th Laid mines in Mergui
Archipeligo.
(Note: A 593 ton ship was sunk in this minefield on 1st
December.)
November
Later in patrol sank a coaster and a junk off coast of Burma with
damage to two other
junks and a coaster, all by surface gun attacks..
22nd Transferred to British
Pacific Fleet on formation
December
Trincomalee deployment with British Pacific Fleet in
continuation.
1 9 4
5
January
Trincomalee deployment in continuation.
February
Deployed for patrol in Malacca Strait and Bay of
Bengal
11th Sank mercantile
NANSHIN MARU of 834 tons.
March
Passage to join other British submarines based at
Fremantle
(Note: BPF submarines were later transferred to Subic Bay and
supported by
HM Depot Ship MAIDSTONE.)
April
Deployed for interception patrol in South China
Sea.
29th Sank mercantile
TAKASAGO MARU of 1,116 tons, a tug and two junks in Gulf of
Siam.
May
Interception patrol duties with Flotilla in
continuation
to
Nominated for return to UK
June
(Note: In view of the extensive need for operational submarines in
the BPF it may be
assumed that this return was due to repair requirements not
available on station.
To be confirmed)
July
Passage to Chatham for refit.
August
Paid-off on arrival and taken in hand for refit by HM
Dockyard.
P o s
t W a r N o t e
s
HMS
TRADEWIND recommissioned on completion of
refit in 1946 and was based at Portland.
During 1948
she was
selected for modernisation and Paid-off.
Work done included fit of ‘Snort’ Mast and the submarine
re-commissioned for trials before being
deployed for Flotilla duties in Home waters. She Paid-off into Reserve in 1954 and was laid-up at
Portsmouth. Sold to BISCO for demolition by Shipbuilding Industries
in 1954 she arrived in tow at the breaker’s yard in Charlestown,
Rosyth on 14th December that year. |