Posted by Jim H: Tue Jun 03, 2003
Some interesting stats regarding British Submarine losses in Med. Most were obviously from Italian Torpedo Boats and mines:
Grampus 13.6.40 Sunk off Port Augusta, Sicily, in Mediterranean, by Italian torpedo boats
Odin 14.6.40 Sunk in Mediterranean
Orpheus 26.6.40 Sunk by gunfire from Italian ship Strale in the Gulf of Taranto, in the Mediterranean.
Phoenix 17.7.40 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Sicily, in the Mediterranean.
Oswald 1.8.40 Rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Vivaldi in Mediterranean
Rainbow 19.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire.
Triad 20.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire.
Regulus 6.12.40 Lost in Strait of Otranto, Mediterranean, cause unknown.
Triton 18.12.40 Lost on patrol in lower Adriatic.
Usk 3.5.41 Mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia, Mediterranean
Undaunted 13.5.41 Lost off Tripoli, Mediterranean, probably mined.
Union 22.7.41 Sunk in Mediterranean by Italian torpedo boat off Pantellaria.
Cachalot 4.8.41 Rammed and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Papa off Cyrenaica, in the Mediterranean. Scuttled to avoid capture.
P33 20.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli.
P32 23.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli.
Tetrarch 2.11.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined in the Strait of Sicily.
Perseus 1.12.41 Hit mine and sunk off Cephalonia, Greece.
Triumph 20.1.42 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in the Aegean Sea, off Milos.
Tempest 13.2.42 Attacked and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean
P38 25.2.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean
P39 26.3.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
P36 1.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
Pandora 1.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
Upholder 14.4.42 Depth charged and sunk off Tripoli, in Mediterranean.
Urge 6.5.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Tripoli, in Mediterranean
Olympus 8.5.42 Hit mine and sunk in swept channel leaving Malta.
Thorn 6.8.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso
between Crete and Tripoli, in Mediterranean
Talisman 18.9.42 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in Strait of Sicily.
Utmost 24.11.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off the west coast of Sicily.
P222 12.12.42 Sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Naples, Mediterranean.
Traveller 12.12.42 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in Gulf of Taranto.
P48 25.12.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvettes off Zemba Island in Gulf of Tunis.
P311 8.1.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined north of Corsica.
Tigris 10.3.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Thunderbolt 13.3.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian A/S boat Cicogna off St.Vito, north of Sicily.
Turbulent 23.3.43 Depth charged and sunk off Maddalena, Sardinia.
Regent 16.4.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Splendid 21.4.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean. Scuttled after depth charge attack by German destroyer off Corsica.
Sahib 24.4.43 Depth charged by Italian corvette Gabbiano, abandoned and scuttled, in Mediterranean
Parthian 11.8.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in southern Adriatic.
Saracen 18.8.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvette off Bastia.
Usurper 11.10.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Trooper 17.10.43 Lost in the Aegean Sea, possibly mine.
Simoom 19.11.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, possibly mined off Kos, Greece.
Sickle 18.6.44 Sunk, presumed mined, in the Antikithera Channel in Eastern Mediterranean.
Information from British Submarines of World War Two at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/chalcraft/sm/losses.html
Additional Notes By Me:
Italian destroyer Strale sinks British submarine HMS Odin off Taranto on 6/13/40 (Date variance).
British submarine HMS Grampus is sunk by Italian destroyers on 6/16/40 (Date Variance).
British submarine HMS Triton is sunk in the Adriatic by Italian torpedo boats on 12/18/40.
British submarine HMS Usk is sunk off the coast of Sicily by Italian destroyers on 5/1/41.
Italian torpedo boat Pleiadi sinks British submarine HMS Undaunted off the coast of Tripoli, Libya.
Italian torpedo boat Achille Papa sinks British submarine HMS Cachalot off Malta on 7/30/41 (Date Variance).
Italian torpedo boat Circe sinks British submarine HMS Tempest off Taranto 2/13/42.
HMS Upholder is sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Pegaso off the coast of Tripoli, Libya on 4/14/42.
British submarine HMS Urge is sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Pegaso off the coast of Libya on 4/28/42.
Italian Torpedo Boat Ardente sinks British submarine P48 off the coast of Tunisia on 12/25/42.
Can anyone provide any additional information?
Some interesting stats regarding British Submarine losses in Med. Most were obviously from Italian Torpedo Boats and mines:
Grampus 13.6.40 Sunk off Port Augusta, Sicily, in Mediterranean, by Italian torpedo boats
Odin 14.6.40 Sunk in Mediterranean
Orpheus 26.6.40 Sunk by gunfire from Italian ship Strale in the Gulf of Taranto, in the Mediterranean.
Phoenix 17.7.40 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Sicily, in the Mediterranean.
Oswald 1.8.40 Rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Vivaldi in Mediterranean
Rainbow 19.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire.
Triad 20.10.40 Sunk in Mediterranean. Possibly by Italian s/m Enrico Toti by gunfire.
Regulus 6.12.40 Lost in Strait of Otranto, Mediterranean, cause unknown.
Triton 18.12.40 Lost on patrol in lower Adriatic.
Usk 3.5.41 Mined and sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia, Mediterranean
Undaunted 13.5.41 Lost off Tripoli, Mediterranean, probably mined.
Union 22.7.41 Sunk in Mediterranean by Italian torpedo boat off Pantellaria.
Cachalot 4.8.41 Rammed and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Papa off Cyrenaica, in the Mediterranean. Scuttled to avoid capture.
P33 20.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli.
P32 23.8.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined off Tripoli.
Tetrarch 2.11.41 Sunk in Mediterranean, believed mined in the Strait of Sicily.
Perseus 1.12.41 Hit mine and sunk off Cephalonia, Greece.
Triumph 20.1.42 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in the Aegean Sea, off Milos.
Tempest 13.2.42 Attacked and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean
P38 25.2.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat in Mediterranean
P39 26.3.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
P36 1.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
Pandora 1.4.42 Bombed and sunk by aircraft at Malta
Upholder 14.4.42 Depth charged and sunk off Tripoli, in Mediterranean.
Urge 6.5.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Tripoli, in Mediterranean
Olympus 8.5.42 Hit mine and sunk in swept channel leaving Malta.
Thorn 6.8.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Pegaso
between Crete and Tripoli, in Mediterranean
Talisman 18.9.42 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in Strait of Sicily.
Utmost 24.11.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat off the west coast of Sicily.
P222 12.12.42 Sunk by Italian torpedo boat off Naples, Mediterranean.
Traveller 12.12.42 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in Gulf of Taranto.
P48 25.12.42 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvettes off Zemba Island in Gulf of Tunis.
P311 8.1.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined north of Corsica.
Tigris 10.3.43 Sunk in Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Thunderbolt 13.3.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian A/S boat Cicogna off St.Vito, north of Sicily.
Turbulent 23.3.43 Depth charged and sunk off Maddalena, Sardinia.
Regent 16.4.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Splendid 21.4.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean. Scuttled after depth charge attack by German destroyer off Corsica.
Sahib 24.4.43 Depth charged by Italian corvette Gabbiano, abandoned and scuttled, in Mediterranean
Parthian 11.8.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined in southern Adriatic.
Saracen 18.8.43 Depth charged and sunk by Italian corvette off Bastia.
Usurper 11.10.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, presumed mined.
Trooper 17.10.43 Lost in the Aegean Sea, possibly mine.
Simoom 19.11.43 Sunk in the Mediterranean, possibly mined off Kos, Greece.
Sickle 18.6.44 Sunk, presumed mined, in the Antikithera Channel in Eastern Mediterranean.
Information from British Submarines of World War Two at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/chalcraft/sm/losses.html
Additional Notes By Me:
Italian destroyer Strale sinks British submarine HMS Odin off Taranto on 6/13/40 (Date variance).
British submarine HMS Grampus is sunk by Italian destroyers on 6/16/40 (Date Variance).
British submarine HMS Triton is sunk in the Adriatic by Italian torpedo boats on 12/18/40.
British submarine HMS Usk is sunk off the coast of Sicily by Italian destroyers on 5/1/41.
Italian torpedo boat Pleiadi sinks British submarine HMS Undaunted off the coast of Tripoli, Libya.
Italian torpedo boat Achille Papa sinks British submarine HMS Cachalot off Malta on 7/30/41 (Date Variance).
Italian torpedo boat Circe sinks British submarine HMS Tempest off Taranto 2/13/42.
HMS Upholder is sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Pegaso off the coast of Tripoli, Libya on 4/14/42.
British submarine HMS Urge is sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Pegaso off the coast of Libya on 4/28/42.
Italian Torpedo Boat Ardente sinks British submarine P48 off the coast of Tunisia on 12/25/42.
Can anyone provide any additional information?