HMS Tribune (N76)
Service history
HMS Tribune began combat operations in the North Sea and off the coasts of Scandinavia. Between the beginning of January 1940 and the end of December 1940, the submarine attacked repeatedly on German transport ships and submarines. One of the attacked enemy ships belonged to the tanker Caribbean Sea, the freighter Birkenfels and probably the U- boat U 56 None of these attacks was successful.
The later use of the Tribune in the Mediterranean was only slightly more successful. On 10 January 1943, the boat torpedoed east of San Remo the sailing under German flag French freighter Dalny ( 6672 BRT). The ship was so badly damaged that its crew had to put it on the beach. The following day the Tribune attacked the ship with torpedoes at another time, so that the cargo was damaged again.
Torpedoed On March 22, 1943 and damaged the Tribune ten nautical miles northwest of Cape Suvero (Italy ) at 39 ° 14 ' N, 15 ° 59' O39.23333333333315.983333333333 the German tanker President Mr. Schmidt ( 9103 BRT). In the same month, the Italian freighter Benevento was unsuccessfully attacked by four torpedoes Ustica.
Commander
- Lt.Cdr. George Philip Sevier Davies (February 27, 1938 - February 19, 1940 )
- Lt.Cdr. Herbert James Caldwell (19 February 1940 -? )
- Lt.. Edward Francis Balston (May 8, 1940 - January 2, 1941 )
- Lt.Cdr. Robert Galliano Norfolk (January 2, 1941 - June 26, 1941 )
- Lt.Cdr. William Alexander Keith Napier Cavayé (June 26, 1941 - August 23, 1941 )
- Lt.. Richard Pendergast Raikes (August 23, 1941 - October 8, 1941 )
- Lt.. John Henry Bromage ( October 8, 1941 - January 11, 1942)
- Lt.. Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner (11 January 1942 -? )
- Lt.Cdr. Norman Jack Coe (?)
- Lt.. Stewart Armstrong Porter ( early 1943 - June 1943 )
- Lt.Cdr. Walter Neal Eade (July 18, 1943 - December 8, 1944 )
- Lt.. Aston Dalzell Piper ( December 8, 1944 - May 21, 1945)