HMS Perseus
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HMS
Perseus was a Parthian class submarine laid down at
Vickers Armstrong in July 1928. She was launched in May
1929 and commissioned the year after. She was assigned to
the 4th Submarine Flotilla in the China station until the
outbreak of World War Two. In August 1940 she was
transferred to the Mediterranean where she was tasked with
supplying the besieged island of Malta. She was refitted
in late 1941, and 26. November 1941 she sailed from Malta
with orders to patrol the waters around Greece. She sunk
one Italian ship before she herself disappeared in the
deep outside Cephalonia 6. December 1941. It's believed
that she hit an Italian mine, and only one man from her
crew survived the sinking. The wreck was found in
1997 on a depth of 50 meter seven nautical miles north of
the Greek island Kefalonia.
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| N 37° 54' E 20° 54' ( Source: Uboat.net )  Picture : HMS Perseus in 1929 Courtesy of Royal Navy, Public domain Last updated: December 2020 |
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