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JU_88 · 02-04-07, 05:37 AM

Cool - a little OT from SH4 - but here are all the losses for British submarines in WW2

In Date Order

Oxley10.9.39 Sunk by accident off Norway. Mistaken for U-boat and torpedoed by HMS/M Triton.
Seahorse7.1.40 Sunk in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, by 1st German Minesweeping Flotilla.
Undine7.1.40 Sunk in Heligoland Bight, North Sea. Depth charged by German minesweepers.
Starfish9.1.40Sunk in Heligoland Bight, North Sea. Depth charged by German minesweeper.
Thistle10.4.40 Torpedoed and sunk off Skudenes, Norway, by German U-4.
Tarpon14.4.40 Sunk by German minesweeper in North Sea.
Sterlet18.4.40 Depth charged and sunk by German A/S trawlers, in Skagerrak
Unity29.4.40 Sunk in collision with Norwegian ship SS Atle Jarl, off the River Tyne, in North Sea
Seal5.5.40 Surrendered off the Skaw, in Kattegat.
Grampus13.6.40 Sunk off Port Augusta, Sicily, in Mediterranean, by Italian torpedo boats
Odin14.6.40 Sunk in Ionian Sea, Mediterranean, by depth charge by Italian naval units.
Orpheus26.6.40 Sunk by gunfire from Italian ship Strale in the Gulf of Taranto, in Mediterranean.
Shark6.7.40 Sunk off Norway. Attacked by German aircraft, sunk in tow.
Salmon9.7.40 Sunk off Norway, presumably mined.
Phoenix17.7.40 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Sicily, in Mediterranean.
Thamesca.23.7.40 Sunk off Norway, presumably mined.
Narwhal1.8.40 Sunk off Norway, presumably mined.
Oswald1.8.40 Rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Vivaldi in Mediterranean
Spearfish5.8.40 Torpedoed and sunk by torpedo from German U-34 off Norway
H4918.10.40 Torpedoed and sunk by German E-boats off Texel, Dutch coast, in North Sea
Rainbow19.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire.
Triad20.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire.
Swordfish7.11.40 Mined and sunk off Isle of Wight.
Regulus6.12.40 Lost in Strait of Otranto, Mediterranean, cause unknown.
Triton18.12.40 Lost on patrol in lower Adriatic.
Snapper12.2.41 Sunk in Bay of Biscay
Usk3.5.41Mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia, Mediterranean
Undaunted13.5.41Lost off Tripoli, Mediterranean, probably mined.
Umpire19.7.41 Sunk in collision with British A/S trawler Peter Hendricks in North Sea
Union22.7.41 Sunk in Mediterranean by Italian torpedo boat off Pantellaria.
Cachalot4.8.41 Rammed and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Papa off Cyrenaica, in Mediterranean. Scuttled to avoid capture.
P3320.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli.
P3223.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli.
Tetrarch2.11.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined in the Strait of Sicily.
Perseus1.12.41 Hit mine and sunk off Cephalonia, Greece.
H3124.12.41 Sunk in Bay of Biscay
Triumph20.1.42 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in Aegean Sea, off Milos.
Tempest13.2.42 Attacked and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean
P3825.2.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean
P3926.3.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
P361.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
Pandora1.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
Upholder14.4.42 Depth charged and sunk off Tripoli, in Mediterranean.
Urge6.5.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Tripoli, in Mediterranean
Olympus8.5.42 Hit mine and sunk in swept channel leaving Malta.
P51421.6.42 Mistaken for U-boat and rammed by minesweeper HMCS Georgian in Western Atlantic.
Thorn6.8.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso between Crete and Tripoli, in Mediterranean
Talisman18.9.42 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in Strait of Sicily.
Unique24.10.42 Sunk in Atlantic, on passage from UK to Gibraltar.
Unbeaten11.11.42 Sunk in Bay of Biscay, Atlantic, in error by Wellington of No 172 Sqdn RAF Coastal Command, 110nm SSW of Ushant.
Utmost24.11.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off west coast of Sicily.
P22212.12.42 Sunk by Italian topedo boat off Naples, Mediterranean.
Traveller12.12.42 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in Gulf of Taranto.
P4825.12.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvettes off Zemba Island in Gulf of Tunis.
P3118.1.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined north of Corsica.
Vandal24.2.43 Sunk by accident in Firth of Clyde
Tigris10.3.43Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Thunderbolt13.3.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian A/S boat Cicogna off St.Vito, north of Sicily.
Turbulent23.3.43 Depth charged and sunk off Maddalena, Sardinia.
Regent16.4.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined.
P61518.4.43 Torpedoed and sunk off West Africa by German U-123.
Splendid21.4.43 Sunk in Mediterranean. Scuttled after depth charge attack by German destroyer off Corsica.
Sahib24.4.43 Depth charged by Italian corvette Gabbiano, abandoned and scuttled, in Mediterranean
Untamed30.5.43 Sunk during exercises off Scotland
Parthian11.8.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in southern Adriatic.
Saracen18.8.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvette off Bastia.
X817.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz. (Lost en route).
X522.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz
X622.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz
X722.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz
X103.10.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz (Scuttled on return trip).
Usurper11.10.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined.
X915.10.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz
Trooper17.10.43 Lost in Aegean Sea, possibly mined.
Simoom19.11.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, possibly mined off Kos, Greece.
X227.2.44 Sunk in collision in Pentland Firth
Graph (Captured VIIC)
20.3.44Wrecked off coast of Scotland
Stonehenge22.3.44 Sunk in Indian Ocean. Unknown reason. (New research - see Stonehenge)
Syrtis 28.3.44 Mined and sunk off Norway
Sickle18.6.44 Sunk, presumed mined, in the Antikithera Channel in Eastern Mediterranean.
Stratagem22.11.44 Depth charged and sunk by Japanese patrol craft off Malacca.
Porpoise19.1.45 Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft in Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean

Summary: Of the 82 losses above, a small number were 'constructive' losses - they were so badly damaged that they were 'written-off'. The total figure generally given is 78. Some were bombed at Malta and beached. The Untamed was raised and renamed Vitality. For the record, 46 submarines were lost in the Mediterranean - with around 1600 men.

02-04-07, 05:37 AM	#2
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Cool - a little OT from SH4 - but here are all the losses for British submarines in WW2 In Date Order Oxley10.9.39 Sunk by accident off Norway. Mistaken for U-boat and torpedoed by HMS/M Triton. Seahorse7.1.40 Sunk in Heligoland Bight, North Sea, by 1st German Minesweeping Flotilla. Undine7.1.40 Sunk in Heligoland Bight, North Sea. Depth charged by German minesweepers. Starfish9.1.40Sunk in Heligoland Bight, North Sea. Depth charged by German minesweeper. Thistle10.4.40 Torpedoed and sunk off Skudenes, Norway, by German U-4. Tarpon14.4.40 Sunk by German minesweeper in North Sea. Sterlet18.4.40 Depth charged and sunk by German A/S trawlers, in Skagerrak Unity29.4.40 Sunk in collision with Norwegian ship SS Atle Jarl, off the River Tyne, in North Sea Seal5.5.40 Surrendered off the Skaw, in Kattegat. Grampus13.6.40 Sunk off Port Augusta, Sicily, in Mediterranean, by Italian torpedo boats Odin14.6.40 Sunk in Ionian Sea, Mediterranean, by depth charge by Italian naval units. Orpheus26.6.40 Sunk by gunfire from Italian ship Strale in the Gulf of Taranto, in Mediterranean. Shark6.7.40 Sunk off Norway. Attacked by German aircraft, sunk in tow. Salmon9.7.40 Sunk off Norway, presumably mined. Phoenix17.7.40 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Sicily, in Mediterranean. Thamesca.23.7.40 Sunk off Norway, presumably mined. Narwhal1.8.40 Sunk off Norway, presumably mined. Oswald1.8.40 Rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Vivaldi in Mediterranean Spearfish5.8.40 Torpedoed and sunk by torpedo from German U-34 off Norway H4918.10.40 Torpedoed and sunk by German E-boats off Texel, Dutch coast, in North Sea Rainbow19.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire. Triad20.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire. Swordfish7.11.40 Mined and sunk off Isle of Wight. Regulus6.12.40 Lost in Strait of Otranto, Mediterranean, cause unknown. Triton18.12.40 Lost on patrol in lower Adriatic. Snapper12.2.41 Sunk in Bay of Biscay Usk3.5.41Mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia, Mediterranean Undaunted13.5.41Lost off Tripoli, Mediterranean, probably mined. Umpire19.7.41 Sunk in collision with British A/S trawler Peter Hendricks in North Sea Union22.7.41 Sunk in Mediterranean by Italian torpedo boat off Pantellaria. Cachalot4.8.41 Rammed and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Papa off Cyrenaica, in Mediterranean. Scuttled to avoid capture. P3320.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli. P3223.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli. Tetrarch2.11.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined in the Strait of Sicily. Perseus1.12.41 Hit mine and sunk off Cephalonia, Greece. H3124.12.41 Sunk in Bay of Biscay Triumph20.1.42 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in Aegean Sea, off Milos. Tempest13.2.42 Attacked and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean P3825.2.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean P3926.3.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta P361.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta Pandora1.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta Upholder14.4.42 Depth charged and sunk off Tripoli, in Mediterranean. Urge6.5.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Tripoli, in Mediterranean Olympus8.5.42 Hit mine and sunk in swept channel leaving Malta. P51421.6.42 Mistaken for U-boat and rammed by minesweeper HMCS Georgian in Western Atlantic. Thorn6.8.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso between Crete and Tripoli, in Mediterranean Talisman18.9.42 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in Strait of Sicily. Unique24.10.42 Sunk in Atlantic, on passage from UK to Gibraltar. Unbeaten11.11.42 Sunk in Bay of Biscay, Atlantic, in error by Wellington of No 172 Sqdn RAF Coastal Command, 110nm SSW of Ushant. Utmost24.11.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off west coast of Sicily. P22212.12.42 Sunk by Italian topedo boat off Naples, Mediterranean. Traveller12.12.42 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in Gulf of Taranto. P4825.12.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvettes off Zemba Island in Gulf of Tunis. P3118.1.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined north of Corsica. Vandal24.2.43 Sunk by accident in Firth of Clyde Tigris10.3.43Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined. Thunderbolt13.3.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian A/S boat Cicogna off St.Vito, north of Sicily. Turbulent23.3.43 Depth charged and sunk off Maddalena, Sardinia. Regent16.4.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined. P61518.4.43 Torpedoed and sunk off West Africa by German U-123. Splendid21.4.43 Sunk in Mediterranean. Scuttled after depth charge attack by German destroyer off Corsica. Sahib24.4.43 Depth charged by Italian corvette Gabbiano, abandoned and scuttled, in Mediterranean Untamed30.5.43 Sunk during exercises off Scotland Parthian11.8.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined in southern Adriatic. Saracen18.8.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvette off Bastia. X817.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz. (Lost en route). X522.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz X622.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz X722.9.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz X103.10.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz (Scuttled on return trip). Usurper11.10.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined. X915.10.43 Lost in attack on Tirpitz Trooper17.10.43 Lost in Aegean Sea, possibly mined. Simoom19.11.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, possibly mined off Kos, Greece. X227.2.44 Sunk in collision in Pentland Firth Graph (Captured VIIC) 20.3.44Wrecked off coast of Scotland Stonehenge22.3.44 Sunk in Indian Ocean. Unknown reason. (New research - see Stonehenge) Syrtis 28.3.44 Mined and sunk off Norway Sickle18.6.44 Sunk, presumed mined, in the Antikithera Channel in Eastern Mediterranean. Stratagem22.11.44 Depth charged and sunk by Japanese patrol craft off Malacca. Porpoise19.1.45 Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft in Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean Summary: Of the 82 losses above, a small number were 'constructive' losses - they were so badly damaged that they were 'written-off'. The total figure generally given is 78. Some were bombed at Malta and beached. The Untamed was raised and renamed Vitality. For the record, 46 submarines were lost in the Mediterranean - with around 1600 men.