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What was the name of the most successful British submarine in World War II?

She sank 2 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 transports, 10 supply ships, 2 tankers, and 1 trawler for a total of 128,353 tons.

03/18/42 she was lost with all hands

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What was the name of the most successful British submarine in World War II?

She sank 2 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 transports, 10 supply ships, 2 tankers, and 1 trawler for a total of 128,353 tons.

03/18/42 she was lost with all hands

Warspite1

One of two:

HMS Turbulent - Lt-Cmdr Linton V.C [&o]
or
HMS Upholder - Lt-Cmdr Wanklyn V.C [&o]

I think its the former as I believe Upholder was sunk later. Either way, they were both lost with all hands in the Mediterranean after sterling work in that theatre [:(]

Submarine HMS Turbulent (N 98) Commander John 'Tubby' Linton VC DSO DSC sank 100,000 tons

Submarine HMS Upholder (P 37) Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn VC, DSO & Two Bars

In the 16 months that HMS Upholder operated in the Mediterranean, Wanklyn sank 2 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 transports, 10 supply ships, 2 tankers, and 1 trawler for a total of 128,353 tons.

Some sites say the tonnage is higher than 128,353 tons.

03/18/42 HMS Upholder was lost with all hands off Tripoli after a brilliant career.

The top-scoring US submarines

For tonnage: Submarine USS Flasher (SS-249) sank 23 ships for 100,231 tons

For number of ships: Submarine USS Tautog (SS-199) sank 26 ships for 72,606 tons.

Speaking of submarines - which was the first British submarine lost in WWII and who sank her?

Frendly fire or Hostile fire?

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Frendly fire or Hostile fire?

Warspite1

You tell me - the first RN Submarine lost in WWII.

Oxley sunk by friendly fire (another sub) in the first week of the war.

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Frendly fire or Hostile fire?

Warspite1

You tell me - the first RN Submarine lost in WWII.

September 10, 1939 Submarine HMS Triton (N 15) torpedoes and sinks Submarine HMS Oxley (55 P).

Good catch JLPOWELL [;)]

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Oxley sunk by friendly fire (another sub) in the first week of the war.

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Frendly fire or Hostile fire?

Warspite1

You tell me - the first RN Submarine lost in WWII.

Warspite1

Is the correct answer. No blame was attached to the captain of HMS Triton (Lt-Cmdr Steele); that was all heaped on the commander of Oxley (Lt-Cmdr Bowerman) as she was patrolling out of position and failed to answer Triton's challenges. Bowerman and one other man survived.

So they transferred him, Chief Gunnery officer HMS Hood??

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Speaking of submarines - which was the first British submarine lost in WWII and who sank her?

Warspite1

Same question but this time for Germany and Italy too?

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Speaking of submarines - which was the first British submarine lost in WWII and who sank her?

Warspite1

Same question but this time for Germany and Italy too?

Warspite1

No takers?

Okay, the first U-boat lost was U-39 on the 14th September 1939. She was sunk by depth charge attack from three destroyers: Faulknor, Foxhound and Firedrake.

The first Italian submarine was lost on the 15th June 1940 when she ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea....

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Speaking of submarines - which was the first British submarine lost in WWII and who sank her?

Warspite1

Same question but this time for Germany and Italy too?

Warspite1

No takers?

Okay, the first U-boat lost was U-39 on the 14th September 1939. She was sunk by depth charge attack from three destroyers: Faulknor, Foxhound and Firedrake.

The first Italian submarine was lost on the 15th June 1940 when she ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea....

[:D] Since you didn't supply a name I will. [:D]



06/10/40 16:00 Submarine RN Macallè departs Massawa, Ethiopia

06/15/40 Submarine RN Macallè runs aground on a reef near Port Sudan, Sudan at 19º00'N, 38º00'E.

06/22/40 the entire crew of Submarine RN Macallè is rescued by Submarine RN Guglielmotti.


One of ten Italian submarines lost in June 1940 along with the Provana, Galileo Galilei, Diamante, Evangelista Torricelli, Galvani, Liuzzi, Argonauta, Uebi Scebeli, Rubino.


Regia Marina Italiana ~ keyword = Macallè

OK here is another question:

What 'special language' was used for secure communications?

What commando unit was based 'within sight' of its principal target for an extended period? And what was the 'Name' of its base of operations which remained undetected in plain sight?

One more...

What was the huge (500+ square miles) defense plant established in 1943 where less than 1% of the 50,000 workforce knew what they were working on?

And finally a photo question...

What critical wartime project was conducted here?

Language: one of the Native American languages

Commando raid: was it Telemark?

Defence Plant: Oak Ridge or Los Alamos?

Code breaking - Bletchley Park

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OK here is another question:

What 'special language' was used for secure communications?

Navajo by the US, I believe by 8AF as well as in the Pacific. The Brits used pigeon Hindustani in the Mid East, I beleive Cambrige French had a run as well.
Using odd languages wasnt unusual, just that Hollywood made a movie made one onstance famous.

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OK here is another question:

What 'special language' was used for secure communications?

Navajo by the US, I believe by 8AF as well as in the Pacific. The Brits used pigeon Hindustani in the Mid East, I beleive Cambrige French had a run as well.
Using odd languages wasnt unusual, just that Hollywood made a movie made one onstance famous.

Other Native American code talkers (besides Navajo) were deployed by the United States Army during World War II, including Cherokee, Choctaw, Lakota, Meskwaki, and Comanche soldiers. Soldiers of Basque ancestry were used for code talking by the U.S. Marines during World War II in areas where other Basque speakers were not expected to be operating.

Over 400 "Code Talkers" were used by the US military in WW2.

Code talking, however, was pioneered by Choctaw Indians serving in the U.S. Army during World War I.