HMS Triad (N53)
HMS Triad (N53 ) [A 1] was a submarine of the British Royal Navy. The boat was used in World War II and went on October 15, 1940 lost in the Mediterranean.
Service history
See: History of Triton - class
When the war started, the submarine was used as well as his sister boats in the North Sea. During the German invasion of Northern Europe succeeded on 11 April 1940, the first combat success than south of the Oslo Fjord at 58 ° 30 'N, 10 ° 35' O58.510.583333333333 the German troop transport Ionia ( 3102 BRT) was torpedoed and sunk. On April 19, 1940, the British submarine attacked south of the Oslo Fjord at 58 ° 18 ' N, 10 ° 48' O58.310.8 the German depot ship Tsingtao unsuccessful with four torpedoes.
On October 9, 1940, the HMS Triad left their base on the besieged Mediterranean island of Malta for their last patrol. Six days later she was south of the Gulf of Taranto at 38 ° 16 ' N, 17 ° 37' torpedoed and sunk O38.26666666666717.616666666667 by the Italian submarine Enrico Toti. There were no survivors.
Commander
- Lt.Cdr. Ronald McClellan Powning Jonas (April 2, 1939 - February 27, 1940 )
- Lt.Cdr. Eric Roland John Oddie (February 27, 1940 - August 15, 1940 )
- Lt.Cdr. George Stevenson Salt (August 15, 1940 - † October 15, 1940 )