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B
a t t l e H o n o u r s
ARMADA
1588 - DOVER 1652 - PORTLAND 1653 - GABBARD
1653 - SCHEVENINGEN 1653 - LOWESTOFT 1665 -
FOUR DAYS BATTLE 1666 -
ORFORDNESS 1666 - SOLEBAY 1672 -
SCHOONVELD 1673 - TEXEL 1673 - CORNWALLIS
RETREAT 1795 - CAMPERDOWN 1797 - DARDANELLES
1915 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941 - MEDITERRANEAN
1941 - KOREA 1950*
(* Awarded to
later ship of this name)
Motto
'We
shall triumph'
This
name has been borne by RN ships since 1561 and
this first warship, a galleon., fought against
the Spanish Armada. First used by a submarine
in 1938 it was last borne by a battleship
purchased from Chile during build at Barrow in
1903 and sunk off Gallipoli in 1915, although
used by auxiliaries during WW1 and WW2.
This
submarine carried out North Sea patrols off
Norway until December 1939 when she was badly
damaged by a mine. After repair lasting over
six months she resumed patrol duties off
Norway in August before being transferred to
the Mediterranean in January 1941 for
interception of supply traffic to and from
North Africa.
During
patrol in February 1941, commanded by
Commander W J W Woods RN (Later Admiral Sir
William) she landed commandos for a raid on
the Appulian
coast. Whilst on patrol in May that year she
sank two ships off Calabria and in May sank
the Italian Auxiliary RAMB 3 off Benghazi. Her
successes continued in June when she sank the
Italian submarine SALPA off Mersa
Matruh by torpedo
after a surface gun action Whilst
on patrol in July she attacked and sank a 500
ton freighter being escorted by the Italian
gunboat DANTE DE LUTTI which was then sunk in
a surface action. Some damage requiring repair
was carried in Malta. On return to duty in
August she attacked and damaged the Italian
cruiser BOLZANO. During an Adriatic patrol in
September she sank another mercantile and
damaged two other in surface gun attacks. The
next month she sank a transport in the Aegean
and on return to deployment off North Africa,
she carried out an attack on a coastal convoy
sinking one of its ships.
Her
outstanding record came to an end during a
patrol in the Aegean when she was sunk by a
mine in the Gulf of Athens on 20th January
1942. Her Commanding Officer after July was
Lieutenant J S Huddart
RN.
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