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B a t t l
e H o n o u r s
SICILY 1943 -
AEGEAN 1943 - MALAYA 1944
Motto
'Nothing
venture, nothing have'
This name had
not previously been used for an RN vessel until given to this
submarine in May 1942 when she was launched. After work-up she was
deployed in Home waters and carried out patrol duties in the North
Sea and off Norway. During November 1942 she was deployed for
support of Russian Convoy JW51B against attacks by U-Boats.
Transferred to
the Mediterranean in 1943 she was deployed for interception of
supply traffic and then took part in the allied assault on Sicily
(Operation HUSKY) for patrol to prevent interference in landing and
support operations. Before being transferred to the Eastern Fleet in
October 1943 she was deployed in the Aegean in support of operations
to occupy Dodecanese islands.
The deployment
for service in Ceylon with the 4th Submarine Flotilla was in
response to a request by the CinC for
reinforcement of submarines to intensify attacks on coastal traffic
in the areas off Burma and Siam as well as in the Malacca Straits.
During a patrol in January 1944 she landed an SOE party on Tavoy Island off Burma and another SOE party on
Elphinstone Island in February. Her
minelaying capabilities were used during a patrol in March 1944 when
she laid 12 mines on Mati Bank in the
Malacca Strait and also landed another SOE party in Perak (Operation
REMARKABLE II). Although the Flotilla was transferred to Fremantle
this submarine was not amongst those carrying out patrols duties in
the Java Sea later in 1944 and she was not deployed with the Eastern
Fleet in 1945. It is presumed she returned to UK before VE Day and
was not subsequently operational. |
