Part
of 1st Group of T Class Submarines and 1st
of this Class to be ordered from HM
Dockyard, Chatham on 12th January 1937 and
laid down on 11th May 1938.
This submarine was launched on 31st October
1939 as the 6th RN vessel to bear the name,
introduced in 1812 for the 6th Rate 36 Gun
ship HMS FORTH was renamed
. The last to carry the name was
Paddle vessel built
at Bombay and sold in 1904. Build was
completed on 20th June 1940 and trials had
been carried out at Portsmouth with the 5th
Submarine Flotilla. in
May 1940. Following a successful WARSHIP WEEK
National Savings campaign in Newbury,
Berkshire in February 1942 the boat was
adopted by the civil community of the Borough.
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NORWAY
1941 - ARCTIC 1941-41 - MEDITERRANEAN 1942
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Proper a pallet wavy White.
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9 4 0
May
Commissioned for service and carried out
Acceptance Trials at Portsmouth with 5th
Submarine
Flotilla
Pennant Number for visual signalling purposes
changed to N63.
June
Worked-up for operational service.
July
Joined 2nd Submarine Flotilla at Rosyth
to
Nominated with HM Submarines CACHALOT, TALISMAN
and TRIBUNE for Bay Patrol
August
for surveillance in Bay of Biscay and patrol off
Brest August
Commanding Officer Lieut Cdr Bone.
September
1st
Sank trawler off
Brest.
October
Channel deployment in continuation.
November
13th Sank
the barque CHARLES EDMOND during patrol patrol
60 miles west of Gironde.
December
Flotilla duties in continuation at Rosyth
1
9 4 1
January
Bay Patrol deployment in continuation
February
During patrol sank two mercantiles totalling
3,704 tons
On a later patrol sank three mercantiles
totalling 4,039 tons.
Transferred to 3rd Submarine Flotilla based in
Clyde for interception patrols in
North
Atlantic.
March
Atlantic deployment in continuation
April
2nd
Sank tanker THORN 5,486 tons by torpedo and
gunfire off St Nazaire.
May
Atlantic deployment in continuation.
to
Commanding officer promoted to Commander.
June
July
Deployed for interception of Italian submarine
operating against Atlantic convoys
west of
Gibraltar
5th
Sank Italian submarine MICHELLE BIANCI in Bay of
Biscay.
Transferred with HM Submarine TRIDENT for
service in Arctic based at Polyarno.
August
Deployed at Polyarno
11th Sailed
for support of Soviet operations and patrol at
Savaerholt.
17th Sank
Norwegian coaster HAAKON JARL.
September
Polyarno deployment for patrol of Norway in
continuation.
15th Sank
mercantile RICHARD WITH, 905 tons off Bretsund.
17th
Carried out unsuccessful attacks on two convoys
off Norway.
October
Polyarno deployment in continuation
11th
Carried out unsuccessful attack on convoy off
Norway in Svaerholthaven
14th
Carried out another unsuccessful attack on
Norwegian coast convoy in same area.
20th Took
return passage to UK from Polyarno after relief
by HM Submarine SEALION
November
Deployed in Home waters.
December
Nominated for support of planned Commando
landings on islands off Norway
(Operation ANKLET).
16th Sailed
for patrol .
Deployed for support of ANKLET.
1
9 4 2
January
9th
Returned from patrol
Took passage to Fro Havet for interception
of TIRPITZ.
Nominated for refit and took passage to
Plymouth.
February
Under refit by HM Dockyard, Devonport.
to
Commanding Officer Lieut Cdr G R Colvin, RN
July
August
On completion of post refit trials resumed
service with 3rd Flotilla and based in Holy Loch
September
2nd
Sailed for Arctic deployment in support of
passage of Russian Convoy PQ18.
During search for major German warships reported
by HM Submarine TRIBUNE as a
threat to PQ14, TIGRIS fired five torpedoes at
German warships KOLN, SCHEER and
HIPPER. These exploded astern of the German
warships.
October
Nominated for transfer to 8th Submarine
Flotilla.
November
Passage to Algiers to join Flotilla
Deployed in Mediterranean for interception
patrol.
December
6th
Sank Italian submarine PORFIDO off Sardinia
1
9 4 3
January
Deployed for interception duties in Eastern
Mediterranean
20th Sank
mercantile of 4,413 (?) tons.
February
18th Sailed
from Malta to carry out patrol south of Naples.
24th
Sighted in position south of Capri.
27th Under
depth charge attacks by escort of enemy convoy
SE of Capri.
Sunk by UJ2210 with no survivors.
(Note: Other sources record sinking in Gulf of
Naples during March probably by a mine.)
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