Do you have access to submarine data. I have been looking for info on another uncle from Grimsby who was lost on the (HMS Porpoise) submarine. I have found some details that the submarine was bombed by Japanese aircraft Jan16th.1945 of Penang. Arthur Frank Wilkins.Leading Stoker I have a local paper cutting at the time announcing his death in active service.
Searching the archives I found a Roll of Honour for the vessel but his name was not listed, another member of the crew Gordon Malliband AB also from Grimsby was listed.
History of
HMS Porpoise (N 14)
Submarine of the Porpoise class
Navy: The Royal Navy
Type: Submarine
Class: Porpoise
Pennant: N 14
Built by: Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.)
Ordered: 11 Jun, 1931
Laid down: 22 Sep, 1931
Launched: 30 Aug, 1932
Commissioned: 11 Mar, 1933
Lost: 19 Jan, 1945
Loss position: ,
History: HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Malacca Strait on 19 January 1945.
Noteable events involving Porpoise include:
16 Apr, 1940
HMS Porpoise (Cdr. P.Q. Roberts, RN) fires 6 torpedoes against the German submarine U-3 about 10 nautical miles south-west of Egersund, Norway in position 58º18'N, 05º47'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target. Porpoise is often credited with sinking U-1 but this is incorrect. (see map)
18 Jun, 1940
The German minesweeper M 5 (682 tons) is sunk north-west of Kristiansund, Norway in position 63º30'N, 08º09'E when she hits a mine laid on 14 June 1940 by the British submarine HMS Porpoise (Cdr. P.Q. Roberts, RN). (see map)
9 Dec, 1941
HMS Porpoise (Cdr. E.F. Pizey, DSO, RN) torpedoes and heavy damages the Italian passenger / cargo ship Sebastiano Venier (6311 BRT) about 5 nautical miles south of Navarino. The damaged ship was grounded and wrecked off Cape Methene.
The Sebastiano Venier is transporting more then 1800 Allied POW's. Dispite the bad weather almost 1700 of these are rescued.
11 Jan, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Cdr. E.F. Pizey, DSO, RN) lays 50 mines off Suda Bay, Crete.
18 Jan, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Cdr. E.F. Pizey, DSO, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Livorno (2471 GRT) about 15 nautical miles north-east of Cape Maleka, Crete in position 35º42'N, 24º24'E. (see map)
12 Aug, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) lays a minefield off Ras el Tin, Libya.
Porpoise also torpedoes and sinks the Italian transport Ogaden (4553 GRT) 9 nautical miles bearing 308 from Ras el Tin, Libya. The escorting Italian torpedo boat Montanari was missed.
15 Aug, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Lerici (6070 GRT) about 120 nautical miles north of Ras Amir, Libya in position 34º50'N, 21º30'E. (see map)
19 Aug, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) attacks the Italian merchant Iseo (2366 GRT) off Derna, Libya. All torpedoes fired missed their target. During the counter attack by the Italian escorts, Porpoise was damaged by depth charges from the torpedo boat Lince.
22 Aug, 1942
The Italian torpedo boat Generale Antonio Cantore (697 tons) hits a mine and sinks west of Tobruk. The mine was laid on 12 August 1942 by the British submarine HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN).
3 Oct, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) lays mines near Tobruk.
18 Nov, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Giulio Giordani (10534 GRT) about 45 nautical miles north-east of Misurata, Libya in position 32º58'N, 15º38'E. (see map)
19 Nov, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) fires a torpedo against the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel F 39 / Fertilia (223 GRT) off the Libyan coast. The torpedo missed its target.
23 Nov, 1942
HMS Porpoise (Lt. L.W.A. Bennington, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel F 39 / Fertilia (223 BRT) with gunfire off Kerkennah, Tunisia.
6 Jul, 1944
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. Also on this day and the next two days she lays mines.
9 Sep, 1944
The Japanese auxiliary submarine chasers Cha 8 and Cha 9 both sink about 7 nautical miles north of Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º54'N, 98º42'E after hitting mines laid by the British submarione HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) on 6 - 8 July 1944. (see map)
10 Sep, 1944
The Japanese army tanker Takekun Maru (3029 GRT) sinks about 7 nautical miles north of Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º54'N, 98º42'E after hitting a mine laid by the British submarione HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) on 8 July 1944. (see map)
9 Dec, 1944
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) lays mines of Penang.
10 Dec, 1944
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) sinks a small Japanese sailing vessel in the Strait of Malacca.
9 Jan, 1945
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) lays a minefield off Penang.
15 Jan, 1945
The Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Kyo Maru No. 1 (340 GRT) hits a mine off Penang, Malaya in position 05º18'N, 100º20'E laid by the British submarine HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) on 9 January.
27 Mar, 1945
The Japanese auxiliary minelayer Ma 1 (215 tons) is sunk about 5 nautical miles north-east of Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º52'N, 98º45'E when she hits a mine laid by HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) on 6 - 8 July 1944. (see map)
18 May, 1945
The Japanese submarine chaser Ch 57 (420 tons) hits a mine and is damaged off Penang, Malaya in position 05º20'N, 100º08'E. The mine was laid by the British submarine HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Turner, DSC, RN) on 9 January.
