| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 7 May 1940 |
| Launched: | 5 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 29 August 1942 |
| Fate: | sunk 17 October 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | British T class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,090 tons surfaced 1,575 tons submerged |
| Length: | 275 ft (84 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8. Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, often referred to simply as Scotts, was a British shipbuilding company based in Greenock Greenock ( Gaelic Grianaig g̊ɾʲiənɛg̊ʲ is a large town and former Burgh of barony in the Inverclyde Council area of western Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Design and development Design began in 1934 but was constrained by the 1930 London Naval Treaty restricting the total British submarine fleet to 52700 tons, 1 m) |
| Draught: | 16. 3 ft (5. 0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Two shafts |
| Speed: |
15. 25 knots (28. 7 km/h) surfaced |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (91 m) max |
| Complement: | 61 |
| Armament: |
6 internal forward facing torpedo tubes |
HMS Trooper (N91) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Design and development Design began in 1934 but was constrained by the 1930 London Naval Treaty restricting the total British submarine fleet to 52700 tons, A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched in March 1942. Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, often referred to simply as Scotts, was a British shipbuilding company based in Greenock Greenock ( Gaelic Grianaig g̊ɾʲiənɛg̊ʲ is a large town and former Burgh of barony in the Inverclyde Council area of western
Career
Trooper spent most of her short career serving in the Mediterranean. She sank the Italian tanker Rosario, the Italian merchant Forli, a sailing vessel and the Italian submarine Pietro Micca. She also damaged two other enemy vessels, and unsuccessfully attacked the Italian merchant Belluno (the former French Fort de France). [1]
On her first operation, she took part in Operation Principal, which used human torpedoes to sink Italian ships in Palermo harbour. Britain's commando frogman force is now the SBS, which is part of the Royal Marines. Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes were secret naval weapons of World War II.
Trooper sailed from Beirut on 26 September 1943, on her 8th War Patrol to patrol in the Aegean Sea off the Dodecanese islands. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On 14th October she challenged Levant Schooner Flotilla F8 off Alinda Bay, Leros. She failed to return on 17th October and was reported overdue on that day. She is presumed lost on German mines around Leros.
The Germans claimed that Trooper was sunk by Q-ship GA. Mystery Ship redirects here For the 1917 film serial see The Mystery Ship. 45 on 15 October 1943. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the The submarine GA-45 attacked was actually HMS Torbay which escaped undamaged. Service History Torbay was commissioned on 14 January 1941, under the command of her first captain Lt [2]
References
- ^ HMS Trooper, Uboot. net
- ^ Submarine losses 1904 to present day, RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). James Joseph Colledge (born 1908 was a noted naval Historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. For a list of ships of the Royal Navy, see List of Royal Navy ships. ed. , London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose
- Grant, David Renwick: A Submarine at War - the brief life of HMS Trooper Periscope Publishing, 2006
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