Dates: 1939 - 1942
This name has been borne by RN ships since 1561 and this first warship, a galleon., fought against the Spanish Armada First used by a submarine in 1938 it was last borne by a battleship purchased from Chile during build at Barrow in 1903 and sunk off Gallipoli in 1915, although used by auxiliaries during WW1 and WW2.
This submarine carried out North Sea patrols off Norway until December 1939 when she was badly damaged by a mine. After repair lasting over six months she resumed patrol duties off Norway in August before being transferred to the Mediterranean in January 1941 for interception of supply traffic to and from North Africa.
During patrol in February 1941, commanded by Commander W J W Woods RN (Later Admiral Sir William) she landed commandos for a raid on the Appulian coast. Whilst on patrol in May that year she sank two ships off Calabria and in May sank the Italian Auxiliary RAMB 3 off Benghazi. Her successes continued in June when she sank the Italian submarine SALPA off Mersa Matruh by torpedo after a surface gun action Whilst on patrol in July she attacked and sank a 500 ton freighter being escorted by the Italian gunboat DANTE DE LUTTI which was then sunk in a surface action. Some damage requiring repair was carried in Malta. On return to duty in August she attacked and damaged the Italian cruiser BOLZANO. During an Adriatic patrol in September she sank another mercantile and damaged two other in surface gun attacks. The next month she sank a transport in the Aegean and on return to deployment off North Africa in she carried out an attack on a coastal convoy sinking one of its ships.
Her outstanding record came to an end during a patrol in the Aegean when she was sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Athens on 20th January 1942. Her Commanding Officer after July was Lieutenant J S Huddart RN.
HMS Triumph from 1954 to 1957, was an aircraft carrier. An officer cadet training ship of the Dartmouth squadron. The ships crest was a Laurel Wreath.
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" I was Mobile FMU Singapour from 1968 to 1970, The repair (depot ships) where HMS Triumph then HMS Bery Head for surface ships + the new FMU building. The subs had the HMS Forth. Berry Head took over from Triumph whislt it done a mini refit for going home. Had a great time while I was in Singers, married accompied 22 year old, we lived in Juhur, also my daughter was born in BMH Singapour. "
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