HMS Traveller (N48)
HMS Traveller ( N48 ) [A 1] was a submarine of the T- class of the Royal Navy in World War II. The warship was lost in 1942 in the Mediterranean.
Service history
HMS Traveller was used in the Mediterranean. In his only eight months of active duty time the submarine was only able to sink an enemy ship, despite several attempted attacks.
On July 28, 1942, the Italian freighter Ezilda Croce was attacked in the Strait of Otranto unsuccessfully with torpedoes. More unsuccessful torpedo attacks followed on July 30, 1942 Pula against the Italian light cruiser Cattaro and on August 5, 1942 in the Adriatic Sea, on 7 August 1942 in the Strait of Otranto against unidentified submarines. The only combat success was achieved on September 5, 1942, when the Italian freighter Alba Chiara was torpedoed and sunk off the Libyan coast. On 9 October 1942, the British submarine attacked west of Crete the Italian tanker Proserpina and the torpedo boats Castore and Ciclone unsuccessfully with three torpedoes.
HMS Traveller left their base in Malta under the leadership of the new commander Drummond St. Clair - Ford on November 28, 1942 to patrol the Gulf of Taranto. It should also explore the harbor of Taranto, to prepare for the use of British manned torpedoes as part of "Operation Portcullis ".
The submarine was declared on 12 December 1942 as missing. Probably the traveler was on December 8, 1942 at the Gulf of Taranto on an Italian naval mine. There were no survivors.
Commander
- Lt.Cdr. George David Archibald Gregory (November 19, 1941 to April 21, 1942 )
- Lt.. Michael Beauchamp St. John (April 21, 1942 to November 26, 1942 )
- Lt.Cdr. Drummond St. Clair- Ford (November 26, 1942 to December 12, 1942 )