Early Patrol Submarine
H.M. Submarine Phoenix.
Type:
Parthian Class
Pennant No.:
96.P
N.96
N.96
Laid Down:
23rd July 1928.
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead.
Commissioned:
3rd February 1931.
Lt. Cdr. W.E. Higham.
Commander:
Nov. 1930 - Apr. 1933
Lt. Cdr. W.E. Higham.
Apr. 1933 - Nov. 1935
Lt. Cdr. L.L.B. Myers.
Nov. 1935 - July 1937
Lt. Cdr. J.W. McCoy.
July. 1937 - Mar. 1940
Lt. Cdr. D.C. Ingram.
Mar. - Apr.1940
Lt. Cdr. C.A. Rowe.
Apr. - July 1940
Lt. Cdr. G. H. Nowell.
Complement:
56
5 Officers and 51 Ratings.
Service Career:
1931 - 1939
4th Flotilla, HMS Medway, Hong Kong.
1939
4th Flotilla, HMS Medway, (Detached, Refit Hong Kong).
1940
1st Flotilla, H.M.S. Medway, Alexandria.
Fate:
Completed four 'War Patrols', she was lost on her fifth patrol.
Lost, probably due to a depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros 16th July 1940.
It should be noted that boats attached to 1st Flotilla in Alexandria were likely to spend much of their time at Malta even though Malta had been given up as a submarine base due to the air attacks. Although submarines did still operate from Malta during this period the 10th Flotilla was not recognised as such until September 1941.
Lost, probably due to a depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Albatros 16th July 1940.
It should be noted that boats attached to 1st Flotilla in Alexandria were likely to spend much of their time at Malta even though Malta had been given up as a submarine base due to the air attacks. Although submarines did still operate from Malta during this period the 10th Flotilla was not recognised as such until September 1941.