Large Patrol Submarine
Type:
Triton Class
Pennant No.:
24.T Renumbered 1939.
24.N Renumbered 1940.
N.24
24.N Renumbered 1940.
N.24
Laid Down:
7th December 1937
Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow
Commissioned:
4th July 1939
Cdr. R.W. Stirling-Hamilton.
Commander:
Oct. 1938 - Feb. 1940
Cdr. R.W. Stirling-Hamilton.
Feb. - Apr. 1940
Lt. Cdr. W. Haselfoot.
Complement:
56 Peacetime.
62 Wartime.
62 Wartime.
5 Officers and 51 Ratings Peacetime
6 Officers and 56 Ratings Wartime.
6 Officers and 56 Ratings Wartime.
Service Career:
1939
5th Flotilla, Trials & Work Up
1939
2nd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Rosyth.
1940
2nd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Rosyth.
Fate:
Completed seven 'War Patrols', she was lost on her eighth patrol.
Involved in the Norwegian campaign of 1940.
Torpedoed by U4 whilst on the surface 10th April 1940 - no survivors.
Involved in the Norwegian campaign of 1940.
Torpedoed by U4 whilst on the surface 10th April 1940 - no survivors.