HMS Tribune (N76)

HMS Tribune (N76)

General data
Ship type :	Submarine
Ship class :	Triton class ( T class )
Navy :	Royal Navy
Builder :	Scott's Shipbuilding ( Greenock )
Keel laying :	March 3, 1937
Launch :	December 8, 1938
Commissioning:	October 17, 1939
Whereabouts:	Scrapped in 1947.
Technical data (see Triton class )

HMS Tribune (N76) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy in World War II .

Mission history

HMS Tribune began combat operations in the North Sea and off the coast of Scandinavia. Between the beginning of January 1940 and the end of December 1940 the submarine attacked German transport ships and also submarines several times. The attacked enemy ships included the tanker Caribbean Sea , the freighter Birkenfels and probably the submarine U 56 . None of these attacks were successful.

It was also used in 1941 to secure HX convoy trains , such as the convoy HX 126 .

The later use of the tribune in the Mediterranean was little more successful. On January 10, 1943, the boat torpedoed the French freighter Dalny (6672 GRT) east of San Remo . The ship was so badly damaged that its crew had to beach it. The following day, the tribune attacked the ship again with torpedoes, which damaged the freighter again.

On March 22, 1943 torpedoed and damaged the Tribune ten nautical miles northwest of Cape Suvero (Italy) at 39 ° 14 ' N , 15 ° 59' O the German tanker President Mr. Schmidt (9103 BRT). In the same month the Italian freighter Benevento was attacked unsuccessfully with four torpedoes off Ustica . 39.233333333333 15.983333333333

HMS Tribune was canceled in Milford Haven in July 1947 .

Commanders

September 1942 off the Scottish coast

According to Cdr. George Philip Sevier Davies (February 27, 1938 - February 19, 1940)
According to Cdr. Herbert James Caldwell (February 19, 1940 -?)
Lt. Edward Francis Balston (May 8, 1940 - January 2, 1941)
According to Cdr. Robert Galliano Norfolk (January 2, 1941 - June 26, 1941)
According to Cdr. William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye (June 26, 1941 - August 23, 1941)
Lt. Richard Pendergast Raikes (23 August 1941 - 8 October 1941)
Lt. John Henry Bromage (October 8, 1941 - January 11, 1942)
Lt. Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner (January 11, 1942 -?)
According to Cdr. Norman Jack Coe (?)
Lt. Stewart Armstrong Porter (early 1943 - June 1943)
According to Cdr. Walter Neal Eade (July 18, 1943 - December 8, 1944)
Lt. Aston Dalzell Piper (December 8, 1944 - May 21, 1945)

Web links

Commons : Triton class - album with pictures, videos and audio files

HMS Tribune on uboat.net (English)
British submarines during World War II (English)

literature

Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II . 5th edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9 .
Robert Hutchinson: FIGHT UNDER WATER - Submarines from 1776 to the present day . 1st edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X .

Individual evidence

↑ Hutchinson and Bagnasco do not provide any information on the launching of the T-class submarines. The information on launch runs comes from uboat.net .
↑ ^a ^b uboat.net writes that the Tribune was scrapped in July 1947. Hutchinson writes that it was sold in July 1947.
↑ Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronicle of the Sea War 1939–1945, May 1941 , accessed on May 2, 2020.
↑ George Philip Sevier Davies on uboat.net (English)
↑ Herbert James Caldwell in uboat.net (English)
↑ Edward Francis Balston on uboat.net (English)
↑ Robert Galliano Norfolk in uboat.net (English)
↑ William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye in uboat.net (English)
↑ Richard Pendergast Raikes on uboat.net (English)
↑ John Henry Bromage on uboat.net (English)
↑ Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner on uboat.net (English)
↑ Norman Jack Coe on uboat.net (English)
↑ Stewart Armstrong Porter on uboat.net (English)
↑ Walter Neal Eade on uboat.net (English)
↑ Aston Dalzell Piper in uboat.net (English)

Remarks

↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship , see Tribune .

[Stapellauf_der_T-Klasse-1] Hutchinson and Bagnasco do not provide any information on the launching of the T-class submarines. The information on launch runs comes from uboat.net .

[Verschrottung_der_Tribune-2] uboat.net writes that the Tribune was scrapped in July 1947. Hutchinson writes that it was sold in July 1947.

[Rohwer-4] Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronicle of the Sea War 1939–1945, May 1941 , accessed on May 2, 2020.

[George_Philip_Sevier_Davies-5] George Philip Sevier Davies on uboat.net (English)

[Herbert_James_Caldwell-6] Herbert James Caldwell in uboat.net (English)

[Edward_Francis_Balston-7] Edward Francis Balston on uboat.net (English)

[Robert_Galliano_Norfolk-8] Robert Galliano Norfolk in uboat.net (English)

[William_Alexander_Keith_Napier_Cavaye-9] William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye in uboat.net (English)

[Richard_Pendergast_Raikes-10] Richard Pendergast Raikes on uboat.net (English)

[John_Henry_Bromage-11] John Henry Bromage on uboat.net (English)

[Geoffrey_Deryck_Nicholson_Milner-12] Geoffrey Deryck Nicholson Milner on uboat.net (English)

[Norman_Jack_Coe-13] Norman Jack Coe on uboat.net (English)

[Stewart_Armstrong_Porter-14] Stewart Armstrong Porter on uboat.net (English)

[Walter_Neal_Eade-15] Walter Neal Eade on uboat.net (English)

[Aston_Dalzell_Piper-16] Aston Dalzell Piper in uboat.net (English)

[HMS_Tribune-3] HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship , see Tribune .