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H. M.
S. T U R P I N
Laid down 24 May 1943, launched 5
August, 1944.
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December
Attached to 3rd (Holy Loch) Flotilla for trials.
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July
Operating with British Pacific Force out of Fremantle.
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January
Returned to Devonport for refit.
May
Recommissioned for 5th (Portsmouth) Flotilla.
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December
Re-entered Chatham dockyard for a complete recon-
struction programme.
Commissioned for 2nd (Portland) Flotilla.
year?
March
Having developed engine trouble whilst operating in
the
Caribbean, she was towed to Devonport by the tug
Samsonia.
April
9th Arrived
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Attached to 5th (Mediterranean) Flotilla. Operating out of
Malta she
was one of the last submarines to use this island base.
November
Returned to UK and entered Portsmouth Reserve.
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Transferred to Israeli Navy after an extensive refit and re-named
Leviathan
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