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B
a t t l e H o n o u r s
ARCTIC
1942 -43 - AEGEAN 1943 -44 - SICILY 1943 -
ATLANTIC 1944
First
RN ship to carry the name when identity P49
was replaced in early 1943.
After completion, trials and work-up she was
deployed in Home waters and during patrol in
Arctic waters during December 1942 provided
additional defence for Russian convoy JW51
against German U-Boat attacks.
Transferred
to the Mediterranean for interception of enemy
ships on passage between ports in Italy and
North Africa she sank a supply ship in April
1943. On a subsequent patrol in May that year
she sank one ship and damaged another in
torpedo attacks off Tunisia. She was deployed
for patrol north of the Messina Straits during
the allied landings in Sicily (Operation
HUSKY) to intercept any Italian warships
attempting to interfere with the assault
landings and follow-up convoys
The next month she sank the Italian
submarine ACCIAIO in the Messina Straits on
13th. This submarine was transferred to the
eastern Mediterranean in September 1943 for
patrols in support of British landings in
defence of islands in the Dodecanese which
were under attack by German forces after the
Italian capitulation. Whilst in this area she
sank the German minelayer BULGARIA which was
taking troops to Cos on 8th October and later
that month the troopship MARGUERITE. She
resumed patrols from Malta after the
abandonment of Cos and Leros.
These duties continued into 1944 and in July
that year she sank a supply ship off Rhodes.
This
submarine returned to UK later that year and
the award of the Battle Honour ATLANTIC was
made, possibly for interception of German
submarines during
passage from Gibraltar. It is presumed she
remained in Home waters after refit. The
Commanding Officer during Mediterranean
service was Lieutenant Fyfe.
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