HMS Thistle (N24)

HMS "Thistle" (N24) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched in October 1939.

Career

"Thistle" had a short wartime career with the Royal Navy. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3375.html HMS Thistle] , Uboot.net]

"Thistle" was ordered to patrol off Stavanger, and to sink any enemy vessel that she might spot in the harbour, since the authorities believed that a German invasion of Norway was imminent. On 10 April "Thistle" signalled her intention to comply with this order and that she had two torpedoes remaining after an unsuccessful attack on a U-boat. With this in mind the Admiralty changed her orders to patrol off Skudenes. No further contact was made with "Thistle". It was later discovered that "U-4", the U-boat "Thistle" had previously attacked, had sighted the submarine on the surface and sunk her with torpedoes. [ [http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/general/losses.htm Submarine losses 1904 to present day] , RN Submarine Museum, Gosport]

ee also

*List of shipwrecks in 1940

References

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