HMS Spearfish (N 69)
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| Name | HMS Spearfish (N 69) | ||
| Type: | Submarine (S-class group 2) | ||
| Tonnage | 670 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 1 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 58.07N, 01.32E - Grid AN 4281 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 officers and men (39 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rosyth (31 Jul) - North Sea | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.04 hours on 1 Aug, 1940, HMS Spearfish (N 69) (LtCdr J.H. Forbes, RN DSO) was hit in the forepart by one torpedo from U-34 and sank immediately about 180 miles west-southwest of Stavanger. The U-boat was returning from her last patrol as a combat boat and only had one torpedo remaining, when they first spotted a periscope at 18.17 hours and dived. At 18.48 hours, the conning tower of the British submarine became visible and Rollmann fired the last torpedo over the bow. One minute after the hit, the Germans surfaced and approached the sinking position where they picked up the sole survivor AB William Pester, who had been on his first patrol. | ||
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