HMS Tetrarch (N77)
HMS Tetrarch ( N77 ) [A 1] was a submarine of the British Royal Navy. The boat was used in the Second World War, in 1941 in the Mediterranean lost.
Service history
See also: History of Triton - class
The first combat missions of in February 1940 that entered service in the new building demonstrated the Norwegian coast. On April 9, 1940, Germany began with the company Weserübung an invasion of Denmark and Norway. On the loss-making for both sides naval battles, the Tetrarch was involved. The submarine reached its first combat success on April 23, 1940, when the Skagerrak the German U- hunters UJ B (formerly Treff V) was sunk. In the following two months, a Danish fishing boat was boarded, torpedoed and sunk another a German freighter.
After the operations off Norway and Denmark, the submarine was ordered to the Mediterranean. The main base was on the besieged island of Malta from the axis. In action against the Mediterranean supply lines of Italy and Germany to North Africa and the Greek islands, the Tetrarch could teach the enemy heavy losses.
On October 26, 1941 HMS Tetrarch left the port of Valletta ( Malta). The submarine should run back to overhaul a stopover in Gibraltar in the home. Presumably, the submarine ran in the Strait of Sicily on a sea mine. There were no survivors. HMS Tetrarch was officially declared as missing on November 2, 1941.
Commander
- Lt.Cdr. Ronald George Mills (30 November 1939-15. November 1940 )
- Lt.Cdr. Richard Micaiah Towgood Peacock (15 November 1940-5. July 1941 )
- Lt.Cdr. George Henry Greenway ( July 5, 1941 -ca. † November 2, 1941 )
Combat successes (selection)
See also: Detailed history of the T- class