Sunfish Crest

Medium Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
Shark Class

Group Two

Pennant No.:
81S

Laid Down:
22nd July 1935
H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.

Commissioned:
2nd July 1937
Lt. Cdr. L.L.B. Myers.

Commander:
Aug. 1936
Lt. Cdr. L.L.B. Myers.
Aug. 1937 - Aug 1938
Lt. R.D. Cayley.
Sept. 1939 - Jun. 1940
Lt. Cdr. J.E. Slaughter.
Sept. 1940 - Sept. 1941
Lt. G.R. Colvin.
June - July 1943
Lt. D.W. Mills DSC.
July - Oct. 1943
Lt. T.F. Jones RNR.
Oct. 1943 - Apr. 1944
Lt. H.J. Bartlett.

Complement:
40
5 Officers and 35 Ratings.

Service Career:
1937 - 1939
5th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
1939
2nd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Devonport.
Sept. 1939
5th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Gosport (Paid Off under repair at Sheerness).
Nov. 1939
3rd Flotilla, HMS Cyclops, Harwich.
1940
3rd Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Rosyth.
1941
6th Flotilla, HMS Elfin, Blyth.
1942
Refitting.

Fate:
Completed twentytwo 'War Patrols'.

Attacked U14 with 4 torpedoes on 19th February 1940 - missed.
During the Norwegian campain carried out seven attacks and sinks four ships a total of 18,870 tons.
Attacked and sinks one ship of a convoy off Norway 5th December 1940.
Damaged by a near miss from 500lb bomb in the River Tyne on 2nd October 1941.
Repaired at Portsmouth during 1942-1943.
Carried out training duties at Rothesay during 1943-1944.
Transferred to Soviet Navy in July 1944 and renamed V.1.
Sunk in error by Coastal Command aircraft .

Lost 27th July 1944.