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During the night of 9/10 September 1939 HMS Oberon was in company with Around 0930/10, HMS Oberon, took station astern of a convoy until 1600 hours when she joined For the daily positions of HMS Oberon during this patrol see the map below.

The list of most successful U-boat commanders contains the top-scoring German U-boat commanders in the two World Wars based on their total tonnage sunk.. The British submarines succeeded in sinking 12 German U-boats, for the loss of 4 of their own (P-615, Spearfish, Thristle and Doris) to U-boats.Doris was a French submarine on loan and under British command. (For the daily positions of HMS Oberon during this patrol see the map below.

Commissioned on Sept. 25, 1943, USS Flasher According to NHHC, unlike most commanding officers of the time, Morton also had the confidence of the Sailors he commanded. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others.

Morton would come on board the Wahoo every time before we went out and say, ‘Now we’re going to go in harm’s way. The British sub, under command of Lt. James S. Launders, moved into position on Feb. 6, 1945. One man stepped forward and the rest made four successful patrol runs on USS Seahorse. 3rd Submarine Flotilla (Capt P Ruck-Keene, Capt E H Longsdon Actg Commander) - depot ships MAIDSTONE (Capt Ruck-Keene), CYCLOPS (Capt Longsdon), both at Rosyth, yacht WHITE BEAR (Capt R Gill RNR) arr Rosyth 6 Jun, submarines H.34 (Lt A F Collett) dep Harwich 8 Jun, H.44 (Lt E D Norman) dep Harwich 9 Jun, H.49 (Lt M A Langley) dep Harwich 9 Jun, H.50 (Lt A R Cheyne) dep Harwich 9 Jun, …

Rasher is credited with sinking 18 ships (99,901 tons), was awarded four Presidential Unit Citations for outstanding performance in combat patrols during WWII patrols, earned seven battle stars for service during WWII, and two more for service off Vietnam. When confronted with the rumor, Cutter replied, “At quarters tomorrow morning, make a list of those who don’t want to go and we’ll have them transferred” (22, Roberts). (Upon completion of these exercises HMS Oberon served as target for Upon completion of these exercises HMS Oberon served as target for ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London. ), who completed three tours on Wahoo, said, “Capt.

(No log is available for May 1940 so no map for this patrol can be displayed. It is inevitable that the great deeds of British submariners in the Second World War would be overlooked by most. Peter Wilkinson (Royal Navy officer) Mervyn Wingfield. Official blog of the Naval History and Heritage Command Leaders of the Deep: Top WWII Submariners and their SubmarinesLeaders of the Deep: Top WWII Submariners and their Submarines McGrievy described Cutter as “the second biggest ship sinker, who sunk the most ships in the least number of runs” (23, Roberts). Perhaps one example would suffice to illustrate these otherwise cold statistics - HMS Storm, the first British submarine commanded by a RNVR officer, Commander Edward Young DSO, DSC RNV(S)R. After twelve months from January 1944 to January 1945 on patrol in the SE Asia area, his "Jolly Roger" recorded three torpedo sinkings, seven gunnery sinkings, one cloak-and-dagger special operation, and … However, German hopes for a propaganda coup from Seal soon ran into trouble. Simpson, commanding the 10th Submarine Flotilla, wrote the Admiralty to report her passing.

), who completed three tours on Wahoo, said, “Capt.

A British submarine that mysteriously vanished during World War II has been found at the bottom of the sea in “fantastic condition,” marine archaeologists revealed Thursday. Scrapped at Dunston. If he would have said, ‘we’re all going to go out and we’re all gonna get killed,’ we would have gone [anyway]. The commander of the German naval base at Kiel had already received his orders. According to Mark Robert’s “An Oral History of U.S. Navy Submarines,” Radioman 1st Class William Young (Ret. When confronted with the rumor, Cutter replied, “At quarters tomorrow morning, make a list of those who don’t want to go and we’ll have them transferred” (22, Roberts). One man stepped forward and the rest made four successful patrol runs on USS Seahorse. Hugo White.

Commissioned on Sept. 25, 1943, USS Flasher According to NHHC, unlike most commanding officers of the time, Morton also had the confidence of the Sailors he commanded. World War II saw great advancement in U.S. submarine technology and tactics as well as impressive leadership. “I hope it is not out of place,” he wrote, “to take this opportunity of paying some slight tribute to Lt Cdr David Wanklyn, VC, DSO, and his company in HMS In its turn, the Admiralty publicly announced her loss with all hands: “The Board of Admiralty regrets to announce that H.M. I never saw another skipper like him.”Unfortunately, the story of USS Wahoo ends in tragedy.

All aboard the Wahoo were lost and began what Sailors of the submarine service describe as their (Then) Chief Petty Officer Joseph McGrievy served as Chief of the Boat (COB) under Cutter on Seahorse.

Passage southwards through the Irish Sea was made together with Upon completion of these exercises HMS Oberon conducted independent exercises. [No logs are available for HMS Oberon for the months of January to June 1940 so no other details on her operations can be given here other then the ones currently listed.] That’s the kind of a guy he was.