HMS Triumph (N18)

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HMS Triumph (N18) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness and launched in September 1938.

In World War II, Triumph had a relatively active, yet tragic career. In early 1941, she sank the Italian submarine Salpa off the port of Alexandria, Egypt. In August of that year, she then torpedoed the Italian cruiser Bolzano, which suffered much damage but however survived. Bolzano was later captured by the Germans after the surrender of Italy in 1943, while she was under repair from the damage she had received from Triumph. The cruiser was later sunk in 1944.

Triumph was also used for covert operations, such as landing agents in German occupied areas. She undertook one such mission in December 1941, in which she successfully landed agents in Greece. She was lost just over a week later, off Greece, probably to a collision with a mine in early January 1942. All fifty-nine crew were lost.