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B a t t l e H o n o u r s
SICILY
1943 - MEDITERRANEAN
1943
This
name had not previously been used by the
RN and under command of a renowned submariner,
Commander Ben Bryant achieved
considerable fame during service in the
Mediterranean to which area she was
deployed in April 1942 on completion of
work-up. Initially she carried out
patrols from Gibraltar in the course of
which she sank 4 supply ships.
Later
she was transferred to the 10th Flotilla at
Malta and was deployed in
both the Adriatic and central Mediterranean
where she sank two more ships before taking
part in the allied landings in North Africa
to intercept any enemy attempt to
interfere with the operation. This submarine
continued her successes in 1943 when she
sank
10 supply ships in the course of patrols to
intercept shipping to and from
North African ports. In July 1943 she was
used as a navigational beacon for US
assault convoys on passage to Sicily.
Further
research is required to determine
her deployments in 1944 and 1945, but it may
be assumed she returned to UK and
it is known that she was not part of either
the East Indies Fleet of the
British Pacific Fleet in August 1945. No
specific deployment in Home waters can
be traced and this submarine did not take
part in support of the allied landings in
Normandy during June 1944.
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