B a t t l
e H o n o u r s
ARCTIC 1942 -43
- AEGEAN 1943 -44 - SICILY 1943 - ATLANTIC
1944
First RN ship to carry the name when identity P49 was
replaced in early 1943. After completion, trials and
work-up she was deployed in Home waters and during patrol in Arctic
waters during December 1942 provided additional defence for Russian
convoy JW51 against German U-Boat attacks.
Transferred to
the Mediterranean for interception of enemy ships on passage between
ports in Italy and North Africa she sank a supply ship in April
1943. On a subsequent patrol in May that year she sank one ship and
damaged another in torpedo attacks off Tunisia. She was deployed for
patrol north of the Messina Straits during the allied landings in
Sicily (Operation HUSKY) to intercept any Italian warships
attempting to interfere with the assault landings and follow-up
convoys
The next month she sank the Italian submarine ACCIAIO
in the Messina Straits on 13th. This submarine was transferred to
the eastern Mediterranean in September 1943 for patrols in support
of British landings in defence of islands in the Dodecanese which
were under attack by German forces after the Italian capitulation.
Whilst in this area she sank the German minelayer BULGARIA which was
taking troops to Cos on 8th October and later that month the
troopship MARGUERITE. She resumed patrols from Malta after the
abandonment of Cos and Leros. These duties
continued into 1944 and in July that year she sank a supply ship off
Rhodes.
This submarine
returned to UK later that year and the award of the Battle Honour
ATLANTIC was made, possibly for interception of German submarines
during passage from Gibraltar. It is
presumed she remained in Home waters after refit. The Commanding
Officer during Mediterranean service was Lieutenant
Fyfe. |