|
1.
Tuna,
Sealion,
Graph, Uredd, O15 and Junon.
2. It is of interest that of the thirteen independent ships which
sailed for North Russia, four were sunk, one was wrecked, three
turned back but five got through to Archangel.
3. Ex-P47
4. Cortellazzo made the open Atlantic but ran into convoy KMF4
and was scuttled after being engaged by its escorts.
5. It is of interest that A(S) held that Clyde
should have left her bombing restriction area to pursue but he
does not seem to have done anything about extending or enlarging
it at the time.
6. Barb, Blackfish, Herring and Shad.
7. The main German destroyer force was back in harbour by this
time and these must have been patrol vessels.
8. Polish Sokol and Dzik, Netherlands Dolfijn and Norwegian Uredd.
9. These totals do not include the losses of Netherlands submarines
operating in the Far East.
10. A surface speed of 18 knots and a diving depth of 500 feet.
11. All pre-war designed submarines, including the early T-class,
had all-riveted hulls. The first war production submarines had
welded frames and riveted plates and the later submarines of all
classes were all welded.
|
|
12. Commander
ACC Miers VC DSO RN had been appointed as liaison officer with
the US Submarine command in the Pacific
13. Gunnels engine defects necessitated her return to the
United States after Operation Torch and Subron50 was
temporarily reduced to five boats.
14. Hipper had been damaged in the action around JW51B in late
December.
15. Junons place was actually taken by P53,
as she was required for a special operation.
16. Names for submarines were introduced on 1st February 1943.
17. He was believed to have sunk a second U-boat in May 1943 but
this has not been substantiated by post war research.
18. P312/Trespasser,
P216/Seadog,
Dolfijn/ex P47,
P223/Seanymph,
P339/Taurus,
P49/Unruly,
P55/Unsparing,
P224/Sickle,
P314/Tactician,
Ula/ex-P53,
P229/Sportsman,
P225/Simoom,
P315/Truculent,
P316/Templar,
Stubborn,
Satyr,
Surf,
Universal,
Usurper,
Ultimatum,
Tally
Ho, Vandal,
Untamed.
19. Sokol, Torbay,
Trident,
P31/Uproar,
Severn.
|