HMS Tuna (N94)

HMS "Tuna" (N94) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched on the 10 May 1940.

Career

"Tuna" had a relatively active career, serving in the North Sea and off the French and Scandinavian coasts.

She sunk the German merchant "Tirrana" on the 1 September 1940. The "Tirrana" had previously been captured by the German armed merchant cruiser "Atlantis", in the Indian Ocean. She also torpedoed and sank the German catapult ship "Ostmark" and the French tug "Chassiron". She fired upon and sank the German submarine "U-644" and attacked the German submarine "U-302" and the Italian submarine "Brin" as well as two unidentified submarine contacts, all unsuccessfully. Another attack on the German tanker "Benno", formerly the Norwegian "Ole Jacob", which had also been captured earlier by the "Atlantis", also failed. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3495.html HMS Tuna] , Uboat.net]

"Tuna" was also used to deliver the "Cockleshell Heroes" to the mouth of the Gironde for their daring raid on Bordeaux, France, in which six German ships were mined. The raid was called Operation Frankton, and only two of the 12 men returned.

Post war

"Tuna" survived the war and was sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 December 1945, a job carried out at Briton Ferry from June 1946.

References

*"Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson
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