"HMS Truculent (P315) HMS ""Truculent"" was a British submarine of the third group of the ""T"" class. She was built as ""P315"" by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 12 September 1942. ""Truculent"" was lost following a post-war accident with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary in January 1950. ""Truculent"" spent much of her World War II wartime service in the Pacific Far East, except for a period in early 1943, operating in home waters. Here, she sank the German submarine U-308, which was on her first war patrol, with all hands. She also took part in Operation"
"the UK via the Mediterranean. In January 1950, ""Finisterre"" took part in the rescue attempt of the submarine , which had sunk after colliding with the Swedish merchant ship ""Divina"" in the Thames Estuary. The collision had resulted in the loss of 64 of those on board. The following year ""Finisterre"" became the Gunnery Training Ship, based at Whale Island, Portsmouth as part of . In 1953, ""Finisterre"" took part in the 1953 Coronation Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. ""Finisterre"" was positioned adjacent to her sister ship . The following year ""Finisterre"" was placed in"
"1956, at 11:10 pm, in heavy fog in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, ""Stockholm"" and ""Andrea Doria"" of the Italian Line collided in what was to become one of history's most notorious maritime disasters. Although most passengers and crew survived the collision, the larger ""Andrea Doria"" luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. Owing to the collision, 50% of ""Andrea Doria""<nowiki>'s</nowiki> lifeboats were unusable. However, a number of ships responded and provided assistance, which averted a massive loss of life. Five members of ""Stockholm""'s crew were killed instantly, and several more were trapped in the"
"diving team finally discovered the wreck inside Swedish territorial waters. One member of the diving team, Ingvald Eckerman, is a grandson of J. A. Eckerman who, as the lighthouse-keeper of the lighthouse at Märket, witnessed the submarine sinking in 1940. The wreck will be emptied of munitions during the summer of 2012. Soviet submarine S-2 S-2 was a Soviet S-class submarine. In early 1940, it entered Swedish territorial waters in the Sea of Åland where it hit a Swedish naval mine, and sank on January 2, 1940 with the loss of all 50 crew members. A search for the submarine"
"was torpedoed and sunk between Nynäshamn and Visby by a Soviet submarine. At 05:57 a torpedo caused a large explosion, and the ship sank within a few minutes. 84 people died and two survived, including the then Swedish Army captain Arne Mohlin. The two survivors were rescued by the Swedish minesweepers ""Landsort"" and ""Arholma"". Investigations after the war pointed to the Soviet submarine ""L21"" as being responsible for the sinking. SS Hansa (1899) The Hansa was a Swedish passenger ship, in use on the route between the Swedish mainland and Visby. She was torpedoed and sunk by a Soviet submarine"
"material. The two vessels collided, the ""Divina's"" bow striking ""Trucluent"" by the starboard bow hydroplane, and remained locked together for a few seconds before the submarine sank. Fifty-seven of her crew were swept away in the current after a premature escape attempt, 15 survivors were picked up by a boat from the ""Divina"" and five by the Dutch ship ""Almdijk"". Most of the crew survived the initial collision and managed to escape, but then perished in the freezing cold mid-winter conditions on the mud islands that litter the Thames Estuary. Sixty-four men died as a result of the collision. ""Truculent"""
"HSwMS Hvalen HSwMS ""Hvalen"" was a submarine of the Swedish Navy. Constructed in Italy, the submarine sailed the entire way to Sweden for her commissioning unaccompanied. In October 1915 she became involved in a diplomatic incident between neutral Sweden, and Germany, which was then engaged in fighting Britain in the First World War. Following a series of sinkings of German cargo ships and naval vessels in the Baltic sea by British submarines entering the Baltic through the (Swedish-controlled) Öresund straits, a German warship opened fire on ""Hvalen"" killing a crew-member. According to the captain of the ""Hvalen"", she was flying"
"whom died later in hospital. Ships rescued 34 and helicopters 104; the ferries played a much smaller part than the planners had intended because it was too dangerous to launch their man-overboard (MOB) boats or lifeboats. The accident claimed 852 lives (501 Swedes, 285 Estonians, 17 Latvians, 10 Finns and 44 people of other nationalities: 1 from each of Belarus, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, 2 from Morocco, 3 from Lithuania, 5 from Denmark, 6 from Norway, 10 from Germany, 11 from Russia). Most died by drowning and hypothermia, as the water temperature was 10–11"
"night of July 17, 1940 during an exercise west of Gotland one of the boilers exploded. Eight people in the boiler room were killed instantly, and two people who were on the deck near one of the air intakes were badly injured. These two were taken by a minelayer to Visby Hospital, where they later died. ""Gustav V"" then went to the mainland, and at Hårsfjärden the commanding admiral and his staff moved to the HSwMS ""Sverige"", which then served as flagship during the remainder of the war. After the explosion ""Gustav V"" was taken to Stockholm's naval yards for"
"on 18 July. The sinkings continued; ""Vinnemoor"" on 26 July 1940; ""Accra"" on the same day and in the same attack and ""Sambre"" and ""Thiara"", both on the 27th. Returning to Germany, the boat came across the British submarine . Using her last torpedo, the U-boat managed to sink the British unit. There was only one survivor from ""Spearfish"", he was captured by the Germans. She was sunk at 21:55 on 5 August 1943 at Memel (today's Klaipėda in Lithuania), in the Baltic, in position after a collision with the U-boat tender ""Lech"". Four men died, although 39 survived. The"
"Altmark Incident The ""Altmark"" Incident (Norwegian: ""Altmark""-affæren; German: ""Altmark-Zwischenfall"") was a naval incident of World War II between British destroyers and the German tanker ""Altmark"", which happened on 16–17 February 1940. It took place in what were, at that time, neutral Norwegian waters. On board the ""Altmark"" were some 300 allied prisoners (officially internees), whose ships were sunk by the pocket battleship ""Graf Spee"" in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. British naval forces cornered the tanker and later the destroyer ""Cossack"" attacked the German ship near the Jøssingfjord and freed all the prisoners, killing eight German seamen with firearms and wounding"
"on two Italian submarines off Bordeaux, and . On 5 July 1941 ""Tigris"" torpedoed and sank the Italian submarine 150 nm off the Gironde estuary as the Italian submarine was on passage to the Atlantic. She was assigned to operate in the North Sea near the Scandinavian coast in mid-1941. Off the coast of Finnmark, she sank the Norwegian passenger/cargo ships and , In the case of ""Richard With"", the ship sank in less than a minute, killing two of the three German soldiers on board and claiming the lives of 101 Norwegian civilians. Post-war, the Norwegian public was told"
"into Sweden on 13 April. The wreck was discovered on 5 March 2008 by the Royal Norwegian Navy mine control vessel , after being unknown for nearly 70 years, and will be marked as a war grave to commemorate the lost members of her crew. A series of coordinated memorial ceremonies were held on board British and Norwegian warships on Saturday 8 March 2008, honouring all those who died during the battles of Narvik. Over a thousand NATO personnel took part, including British and Norwegian sailors, Royal Marines and soldiers. Led by , the UK's Fleet Amphibious Flagship, five warships"
"had been laid down as for the Royal Navy but had been reallocated to the Dutch Navy. 30 of the submariners were killed on ""Abosso"" and the Dutch were unable to replace them. The British authorities therefore reallocated the submarine again, and she was launched as the Norwegian Navy . On ""U-575""s seventh mission (on 9.1.1943 at 6:36 a.m.) the boat fired a torpedo from its stern at the Norwegian tanker ""Minister Wedel"" (with 6,830 GRT and part of convoy TM 1) and scored a hit. The tanker began to burn (position ; grid square DG8682). Two minutes later, the"
"the British corvette on 17 February 1945. On 4 May 1945 the U-boat was sunk during the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Operation Judgement, which was actually aimed at the depot ships ""Black Watch"" and ""Senja"" lying at Kilbotn, south of Harstad, Norway. Bombs from Avenger aircraft, operating off and , destroyed her, leaving 40 dead and 12 survivors. She sank after attempts by Hans-Günther Lange and ten other crew members to separate her from the ""Black Watch"" and to keep her afloat. The rest of the crew had already gone on board the ""Black Watch"" and were killed as"
"Swedish submarine incidents The submarine hunts or submarine incidents were a series of several incidents involving foreign submarines that occurred in Swedish territorial waters during the Cold War, attributed in Swedish media to the Soviet Union. On October 27, 1981, the Soviet submarine ""U 137"" became stranded deep inside Swedish waters. The Swedish Navy responded aggressively to these perceived threats, increasing patrols in Swedish waters, mining and electronically monitoring passages, and repeatedly chasing and attacking suspected submarines with depth charge bombs, but no hits or casualties were ever recorded. This incident increased security of future submarine incidents. Reports of new"
"debris. The cargo of 2,871 new cars – mostly from premium German and Swedish manufacturers including BMW, Volvo and SAAB – was removed from the wreck and recycled for the metal component. Most oil was removed from the ship's tanks soon after it sank, but during the salvage there was a 540-tonne oil spill, sparking concern. MV Tricolor MV ""Tricolor"" was a 50,000 tonne Norwegian-flagged vehicle carrier built in 1987, notable for having been involved in three English Channel collisions within a fortnight. MV ""Tricolor"" was originally launched in 1987 as ""Nosac Sun"". At the time of her collision with"
"SS Atlantic Empress SS ""Atlantic Empress"" was a Greek oil tanker that in 1979 collided with the oil tanker ""Aegean Captain"" in the Caribbean, and eventually sank, having created the fifth largest oil spill on record and the largest ship-based spill. The ""Atlantic Empress"" was a large crude oil carrier built at the ""Odense Staalskibsværft"" shipyard in Odense, Denmark, and launched on 16 February 1974. At the time of her sinking she was owned by the South Gulf Shipping Company of Greece, and flagged in Liberia. On 19 July 1979 ""Atlantic Empress"" collided with the ""Aegean Captain"", another fully laden"
"Soviet submarine S-2 S-2 was a Soviet S-class submarine. In early 1940, it entered Swedish territorial waters in the Sea of Åland where it hit a Swedish naval mine, and sank on January 2, 1940 with the loss of all 50 crew members. A search for the submarine wreck was begun in April 1999 by a team of divers from Sweden and Åland. According to the Military Archives of Sweden, the submarine hit the mine in Swedish territorial waters, but the Finnish archives specify the sinking occurred on Finnish territorial waters. The uncertainty of position necessitated a prolonged search. The"
"Reverend Joseph Clarke who was one of the survivors. PS Orion (1847) Orion was a G & J Burns paddle steamer, built by Caird & Co in 1847, which sank off Portpatrick Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, Scotland, in June 1850 on its way from Liverpool to Glasgow, with the loss of 50 lives. The captain was found guilty of the ""culpable bereavement of the lives of the passengers"" and was imprisoned for 18 months. The 2nd mate was transported. The eminent surgeon John Burns was one of the passengers killed in the accident. The incident was recorded in the 1851 book ""The"
"and Alexandria on 31 December. Even before the harbour entrance, the steamer was struck amidships on the starboard side at the position by a naval mine from a minefield left a few days earlier by the German submarine commanded by ""Oberleutnant zur See"" Horst Obermueller. The ship sank in five to seven minutes, killing 209 people, including Lt. Commander Mason, two ship officers, 21 crew members, a Royal Navy officer, 166 other ranks and the eight nurses of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS). The day before, the troop-carrier and the destroyer had been sunk with torpedoes at about"
"muzzle when it was fired. She sank with all 69 hands on 12 November 1925 while on an exercise in the English Channel. A Swedish ship, , struck the submerged ""M1"" and sank her in 70 m of water. The collision tore the gun from the hull and water flooded the interior through the open loading hole. The crew members appear to have tried to escape by flooding the interior and opening the escape hatch, but their bodies were never found. Her wreck was discovered by a diving team led by Innes McCartney in 1999 at a depth of 73"
"next decade conveying army vehicles and personnel across the English Channel. On 24 September 1949, ""Empire Baltic"" hit a mine off Borkum, West Germany. Tugs from Borkum and Cuxhaven went to her assistance. The outbreak of the Suez Crisis in 1956 led to her being requisitioned along with the other LSTs operating under Admiralty charter, and ""Empire Baltic"" was used to carry Centurion tanks to Alexandria. In March 1958, ""Empire Baltic"" was involved in a collision with in the River Thames. She returned to operate for the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company after the end of the conflict, but was withdrawn"
"1949 by Sir Lyonel and Lady Tollemache of Richmond, the 41-foot (12.5 m) beach-launched ""Watson""-class boat was launched 176 times and saved 154 lives. One of her most notable rescues involved the SS ""Germania"", a 3,000-ton vessel which collided with another ship and ran aground on 26 April 1955. The lifeboat rescued 26 crewmembers just as the ship broke in two and took them ashore. On 6 May, the salvage boats ""Moonbeam"" and ""Endeavour"" got into trouble in severe weather around the wrecked ""Germania"". The ""Beryl Tollemache"" towed ""Endeavour"" to safety, turned around and returned to the stricken ""Moonbeam"". However,"
"a Norwegian semi-submersible drilling rig that capsized whilst working in the Ekofisk oil field in March 1980, killing 123 people. The capsizing was the worst disaster in Norwegian waters since World War II. The rig, located approximately 320 km east of Dundee, Scotland, was owned by the Stavanger Drilling Company of Norway and was on hire to the United States company Phillips Petroleum at the time of the disaster. In driving rain and mist, early in the evening of 27 March 1980 more than 200 men were off duty in the accommodation on the ""Alexander L. Kielland"". The wind was"
"of information on the disaster. Victoria steamboat disaster The Victoria steamboat disaster (also called The Victoria Day Disaster) was a Canadian maritime disaster on May 24, 1881, in which the sternwheel passenger steamboat SS ""Victoria"", capsized and sank in the Thames River near what is today Greenway Off-Leash Dog Park in Kensal Park, London, Ontario. The tragedy was one of the worst maritime disasters in Canada at the time, and made major headlines in places as far as England and the United States due to the severity of the disaster. An estimate between 182 and 198 is regarded as the"
"Hårsfjärden disaster The Hårsfjärden disaster was an event in the Swedish Navy during World War II. A series of accidental explosions, it caused by far the worst damage to Swedish Navy units during the era of that war, in which Sweden was not a combatant. The disaster occurred on 17 September 1941. Three Swedish Navy destroyers were berthed in Hårsfjärden fjord near Stockholm when the torpedoes or oil tanks of HSwMS ""Göteborg"" exploded; flames then also enveloped and in an inferno. The three destroyers were sunk, and thirty-three sailors killed, a major blow to the Swedish Navy. All three ships"
"Victoria steamboat disaster The Victoria steamboat disaster (also called The Victoria Day Disaster) was a Canadian maritime disaster on May 24, 1881, in which the sternwheel passenger steamboat SS ""Victoria"", capsized and sank in the Thames River near what is today Greenway Off-Leash Dog Park in Kensal Park, London, Ontario. The tragedy was one of the worst maritime disasters in Canada at the time, and made major headlines in places as far as England and the United States due to the severity of the disaster. An estimate between 182 and 198 is regarded as the death toll. The disaster resulted"
"inquests. On 20 August 1989 the Marchioness Boat was struck by the Bowbelle on the River Thames in London. This fatal collision resulted in the drowning of 51 people. Dr Paul Knapman was the coroner, Dr Dolman was deputising as Dr. Knapman was out of London at that time. Having returned to London, although not specifically recalling it, Dr. Knapman said that had he been asked by the Metropolitan Police he would certainly have given consent for hands to be removed from the decomposed bodies. This was standard practice for all London coroners at the time for any bodies that"
"by a barge on each side. A hole was cut through her pressure hull, and at 22:00 the final survivor was rescued from the submarine, 57 hours after the accident. 32 crew died in the accident and 48 were rescued. 31 were expected to be still on the submarine, but only 29 were found, and it was concluded that the maid had indeed seen two people escaping from the engine room. They were later identified as Engineer-Lieutenant Arthur Lane and Fairfield foreman John Steel. Lane's body was recovered from the Clyde two months later, Steel's body was never found. At"
"the Bristol Channel, the warship was spotted by . According to the submarine war diary entry, the U-boat dived and maneuvered into an attack position, firing one torpedo out of the stern tube at 2015 from a range of about 550 meters. Minutes later, the torpedo hit ""Tampa"" and exploded portside amidships, throwing up a huge, luminous column of water. The cutter sank with all hands; 111 Coast Guardsmen, 4 U.S. Navy personnel, and 16 passengers consisting of 11 British Navy personnel and 5 civilians. She sunk in the Bristol Channel at roughly . Alerted by the convoy flagship, whose"
"a Swedish vessel under the name ""Dag"". At 4 a.m. on 5 April she spotted a U-boat on the surface near the Noord Hinder Light off Vlissingen. The submarine dived and circled the ""Result"", who were unaware that they were being photographed. The submarine eventually resurfaced at about 6,000 yards and opened fire with her gun. A shell hit ""Result"" amidships, setting fire to the magazine and injuring two men. ""Result"" returned fire, but the submarine dived without being hit. She then began to shadow the ""Result"", and Mack, fearing an attack by torpedo, dropped a depth charge. The submarine"
"was acquired from. Since ""Trondhjemsfjord"" used to be a British vessel, she was considered an enemy and had to be destroyed. The crew lowered lifeboats from the ship, and abandoned her in orderly fashion at 13:30. Ten minutes later the submarine fired a single torpedo at the vessel hitting her amidships. ""Trondhjemsfjord"" sunk at 14:51 in an approximate position . The submarine took the boats in tow until she encountered Norwegian barque ""Glance"". ""Trondhjemsfjord""'s crew was transferred onto barque who took course to the Scottish coast, and the submarine submerged and left the area. On July 29 about 10:00 Swedish"