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Tigris (N 63)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: T 1
Fate: 27 February 1943 - Probably depth charged off Capri by German UJ2210
Tigris
Tigris

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Commanders
1939: Lieutenant Commander   Howard Francis Bone DSO DSC
1942: Lieutenant Commander   George Robson Colvin DSO DSC MID
1942: Lieutenant   Lennox William Napier

1940: Home Station.
1941: Home Station.
1941: Arctic.
1942: Mediterranean.
1943: Mediterranean

The first boat to patrol the Bay of Biscay in July 1940. These patrols were referred to as the 'Iron Ring'.

Presented by The Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty to Newbury.to commemorate the adoption of HMS Tigris during Warship Week 14 Feb 1942
Presented by The Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty to Newbury.to commemorate the adoption of HMS Tigris during Warship Week 14 Feb 1942

Roll of Honour
63
 
Abrahams, Herbert  D/JX 135969
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 27
Adams, William Frederick  P/JX 217652
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Allbrighton, John Lewis  P/KX 78057
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 33
Allen, Leonard Stanley  P/SSX 17575
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
Andrews, Eric Albert  C/JX 157400
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Andrews, William John  C/JX 327133
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
Baker, Cyril Henry  C/JX 158465
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Seaman Aged: 19
Batten, Charles Dennis  P/JX 134220
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Seaman Aged: 28
Bennett, Harry Charles  C/KX 91515 Born: 25th Jul, 1915. 
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Bovington, Jack  P/JX 357310
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
Brown, Arthur Robert Thomas  C/KX 132389
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 36
Brown, William  C/KX 81221
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 30
Cassidy, Michael  C/KX 118554
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Chalk, Ronald Charles  C/SSX 28170
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 22
Clark, Daniel  C/KX 115875
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Colvin, George Robson  DSC*
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Lieutenant Commander Aged: 32
Coulson, Francis Leslie  C/KX 117084
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Crawley-Boevey, Thomas Roger 
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 21
Culbert, William Dudley  D/MX 58232
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 24
Dempster, David  C/KX 93086
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Donachy, James  C/JX 204200
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Douglas, Woodrow Craig  MID D/LX 24527
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Steward Aged: 22
Dufty, Mervyn Benjamin John  MID P/JX 139269
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 24
Eaton, Richard Morton Powell 
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Lieutenant Aged: 23
Farrington, John Richard  D/JX 232506
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Signalman Aged: 22
Florence, Alfred James  DSM P/MX 56191
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Aged: 29
Forsey, Samuel Frank  MID D/MX 50299
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Petty Officer Cook Aged: 27
Hall, Jack Dinsdale  P/JX 350069
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
Hill, James Alfred  P/J 96009
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 38
Hurst, Percy  D/JX 165403
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Seaman Aged: 24
Hyde, Charles  D/KX 118388
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
King, William Edward  P/SSX 14893
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 26
Lea, Ralph Hartley  MID C/MX 76004
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 22
Lees, Harry  MID C/MX 92123
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 23
Lincoln, William Golden  DSM* C/MX 47423
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Aged: 38
Lock, George Leslie  D/KX 134195
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 21
McCarron, James Aloysius  C/SSX 21711
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Moon, William Henry  MID P/KX 90370
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 25
Nicholson, Gordon Stanley  (RNR)
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engineer Lieutenant Aged: 30
Nicholson, Lawrence Frederick  C/KX 121329
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 22
Nutt, Wilfrid  C/KX 93871
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 23
O'Connor, James  P/JX 104085 Born: 16th Feb, 1906. 
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 37
from Wirral, Cheshire UK
Outhwaite, Ernest  P/KX 139396
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Pym, William John  C/JX 187612
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Quarrell, William Harold  DSM* P/JX 134174
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Petty Officer Aged: 28
Raynor, Leonard John  D/JX 153422
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Seaman Aged: 25
Rennie, Charles Marr  D/JX 303875
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
At birth Clark, Charles Marr
Richman, Scott Lyon  DSM* C/JX 130103
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Chief Petty Officer Aged: 32
Roberts, Frederick  P/SSX 28265
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Telegraphist Aged: 22
Rouse, Lawrence John Atkins  C/JX 129612
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 31
Rowlett, Frank  C/JX 279122
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 20
Rundle, Norman John  D/JX 150670
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Seaman Aged: 22
Sabbe-St Leger, Anthony Rene 
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Lieutenant Aged: 22
At birth Sabbe, Anthony R. Served as Sabbe-St. Leger, Anthony Rene
Sampson, Roderick Graham  DSC
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Lieutenant Aged: 21
Smith, George  D/MX 74893
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 21
Soanes, James William  P/JX 217643
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 29
Tanner, Frederick Mervyn  P/KX 81529
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 30
Thomas, James Fearnley  P/JX 161281
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 20
Tooke, Donald Percy  C/KX 86106
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 25
Tucker, Owen Mountford  D/JX 159152
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 20
Vines, Robert Stanley  MID D/KX 90328
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Leading Stoker Aged: 24
Wells, Leonard Horace  P/JX 261993
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 27
Wiles, Maurice Charles William  C/JX 149469
Died: 27th Feb, 1943.
Able Seaman Aged: 22

Events

 11-05-1938   Laid Down
 31-10-1939   Launched
 20-06-1940   Completed
 01-09-1940   HMS Tigris sinks the French fishing vessel Sancte Michael with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay near Brest, France.
 02-09-1940   HMS Tigris attacks the German submarine U-58 with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay about 30 nautical miles south-west of Lorient, France. All torpedoes missed.
 05-10-1940   HMS Tigris attacks a submarine with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. This might have been the Italian submarine Otario.
 16-10-1940   HMS Tigris sinks the French fishing vessel Cimcour with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay.
 02-11-1940   HMS Tigris fires two torpedoes against the Italian submarine Veniero in the Bay of Biscay of the Gironde estuary. Both torpedoes missed.
 12-11-1940   HMS Tigris sinks the French fishing vessel Charles Edmond with gunfire about 70 nautical miles west of the Gironde estuary.
 12-02-1941   HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the French fishing vessel Rene Camaleyre in the Bay of Biscay about 5 nautical miles east of Biarritz, France.
 19-02-1941   HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Jacobsen off Bayonne and the French merchant Guilvinec about 90 nautical miles south-west of the mouth of the Gironde estuary.
 02-04-1941   HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Thorn about 25 nautical miles west off the Loire estuary.
 05-07-1941   The Italian submarine Michele Bianchi is torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, France by the British submarine HMS Tigris.
 17-08-1941   HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian passenger/cargo ship Haakon Jarl near Svrholt, Norway.
 13-09-1941   HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Richard off the Rolvsoy Fjord about 11 nautical miles north-east of Hammerfest, Norway.
 15-09-1941   HMS Tigris fires four torpedoes against the German merchant Bessheim in Lopphavet, Norway. All torpedoes missed.
 17-09-1941   HMS Tigris fires four torpedoes against a merchant of 3000 tons in a German convoy in Lopphavet about 10 nautical miles west of Loppa Island, Norway. All four torpedoes missed.
 26-09-1941   HMS Tigris torpedoes and heavily damages the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1201 off the Rolvsoy Fjord.
 14-10-1941   HMS Tigris attacks a convoy off the Laksfjord. Tigris fired three torpedoes but missed the Norwegian merchants Mimona, Tugela and Havbris.
 06-12-1942   The Italian submarine Porfido was torpedoed and sunk about 90 nautical miles north-north-east off Bone, Algeria by the British submarine HMS Tigris.
 21-01-1943   HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Genova in the Strait of Otranto about 25 nautical miles west of Saseno Island
 27-02-1943   HMS Tigris sailed from Malta on 18th February for a patrol south of Naples. HMS Tigris was last sighted at 0730 on the 24th February, 39 miles from Capri.

On the morning of the 27th UJ2210, escorting a convoy six miles south east of Capri made contact with a submarine and carried out three depth charge attacks, the third attack brought oil to the surface and the contact was noted to be stationary. A forth attack of fifteen depth charges brought a huge bubble of air to the surface. On 6th March Tigris was ordered to Algiers but there was no reply to this signal and Tigris failed to return to harbour.
Comments

Comment by: Allan Klo on December 16th, 2016

13-09-1941: The "Richard With" was NOT a German merchant ship.
It was a Norwegian passenger ship. Plain murder at sea, that´s what it was.

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