HMS Salmon (N65)
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Salmon (N65) was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched April 30, 1934 and fought in World War II. Salmon is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats.
On December 4, 1939 while on patol in the North Sea Salmon topeadoed and sank U-36.[1]
On December 12, 1939 Salmon sighted the German liner SS Bremen. While challenging Bremen, an escorting Dornier Do 18 seaplane forced Salmon to dive. After diving the Salmon's commander, Lieutenant Commander E.O. Bickford, decided not to torpedo the liner because he believed she was not a legal target.[1] Bickford's decision not to fire on Bremen likely delayed the start of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War 2.[1]
On December 13, 1939 Salmon sighted a fleet of German warships. She fired a speared of torpedoes which damaged two German cruisers. Salmon evaded the fleet's destroyers, which hunted her for 2 hours.[1][2]
She was lost, probably sunk by a mine, on July 9, 1940.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Huchthausen, Peter A. (2005). Shadow Voyage: The Extraordinary Wartime Escape of the Legendary SS Bremen. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 164, 227. ISBN 0471457582.
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