Dates: 1942 - 1943
She served in the Mediterranean, based at Malta, under the command of Lieutenant Ian McGeoch. During her career, she sank the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser San Paolo, the Italian merchants Luigi Favorita, Devoli, and XXI Aprile, the small Italian merchant Commercio, the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 107 / Cleopatra, and the Italian tanker Giorgio.
Splendid also sank the Italian Soldati class destroyer Aviere. Aviere, and her sister ship Camicia Nera, were escorting the German transport ship Ankara. Splendid attacked the Ankara, but missed her. Splendid also sank the Italian merchant Emma, despite her being heavily escorted by the Italian torpedo boats Groppo, Uragano and Clio. The German merchant Sienna (the former French Astree) was missed in the same attack. Splendid also torpedoed and damaged the Italian destroyer Velite.
Splendid left port in Malta on April 17, 1943 to patrol the waters off Naples and Corsica. She was detected on April 21 by the German destroyer Hermes (formerly the British-built Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios) and damaged by depth charges. She was forced to surface and surrender. The crew scuttled her before abandoning her to prevent her capture. Five officers, including the CO, and 25 ratings were picked up by the destroyer, 18 men were lost with the ship.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Splendid.
The first Splendid was listed in 1597, with an unknown fate.
The second Splendid was an S class destroyer, launched in 1918, and sold in 1931.
The third Splendid was a submarine of the S class, launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943 by a German destroyer.
The fourth Splendid was a Swiftsure-class nuclear powered hunter killer submarine.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Splendid
" The likelihood of submarines colliding is actually much higher than one might imagine. If Starshiny Nemo, webmaster of a site specialising in Soviet and Russian submarines, is right, the average works out at one collision every 3 years for incidents involving at least one Russian or ..."
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"is looking to find SIMON K JONES WHO WAS ABOARD HMS SPLENDID AROUND 1986"
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"can any1 help me with finding SIMON K JONES he was a steward around 1986 on hms splendid while it was in devonport docks if any1 knows him plz contact me or let him no that i am trying to cantact him many thanks x [24837_1364716794214_1120462232_31111459_1536886_n.jpg]"
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"I’m trying to find ANDY METCALF, i believe he lived in Norwich, he served on HMS SPLENDID, can anyone help?"
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"Im trying to find ANDY METCALF he served on HMS SPLENDID and used to live in NORWICH, can anyone help please?"
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