SUBMARINE LOSSES OF WWII – February 1943
Submarine HMS TIGRIS was lost with all hands on 27th February 1943. In the morning of 27th February was on patrol in the Mediterranean south east of the Island of Capri. HMS TIGRIS was detected by the German Anti-Submarine Vessel UJ2210. A series of four depth charge attacks was made and the final one of these attacks brought wreckage and oil to the surface.
Submarine HMS TIGRIS
Submariners on Eternal Patrol
Lt Cdr George Robson Colvin, DSO, DSC, RN
Lt A R Sabbe-St. Leger, RN
Lt Richard Morton Powell Eaton, RN
Lt Roderick Graham Sampson DSC, RN
Sub Lt Thomas Roger Crawley-Boevey, RN
Lt (E) Gordon Stanley Nicholson, RNR
CPO Scott Lyon Richman, DSM, MiD C/JX 130103
PO William Harold Quarrell, DSM P/JX 134174
PO William Edward King P/SSX 14893
PO Ronald Charles Chalk C/SSX 28190
L/Sea Charles Dennis Batten P/SSX 134220
L/Sea Cyril Henry Baker C/JX 158465
L/Sea Percy Hurst D/JX 165403
Act L/Sea Norman John Rundle D/JX 150670
Act L/Sea Leonard John Raynor D/JX 153422
AB Leonard Stanley Allen P/SSX 17575
AB William Frederick Adams P/JX 217652
AB James William Soames P/JX 217643
AB James Alfred Hill, MiD J96009
AB James O’Connor, MiD* P/JX 104615
AB Leonard Horace Wells P/JX 261993
AB Eric Albert Andrews C/JX 157400
AB Lawrence John Atkins Rouse C/JX 129612
AB James Donachy C/JX 204200
AB Maurice Charles William Wiles C/JX 149469
AB James Aloysius Peter McCarron C/SSX 21711 AB William John Pym C/JX 187612
AB Frank Rowlett C/JX 279122
AB Herbert Abrahams, BEM D/JX 135969
Ord Sea Jack Bovington P/JX 357310
Ord Sea J D Hall P/JX 350069
Ord Sea William John Andrews C/JX 327133
Ord Sea Charles Mark Rennie D/JX 303875
PO Tel Mervyn Benjamin John Dufty, MiD D/JX 139269
L/Tel Owen Mountford Tucker D/JX 159152
L/Tel James Fernley Thomas P/JX 16128
Tel Frederick Roberts P/SSX 28265
Sig James Richard Farrington D/JX 232506
EA2 William Golden Lincoln, DSM C/MX 47423
PO Cook Samuel Frank Forsey, MiD D/MX 50299
L/Std Woodrow Craig Douglas, MiD D/LX 24527
ERA3 Alfred James Florence, DSM P/MX 56191
ERA4 Ralph Hartley Lea C/MX 76004
ERA4 Harold Lees, MiD C/MX 92123
ERA W D Culvert TBA
ERA4 George Smith D/MX 74893
SPO Frederick Mervyn Tanner P/KX 81529
SPO William Brown C/KX 81221
L/Sto William Henry Moon P/KX 90370
L/Sto Donald Percy Tooke C/KX 86106
L/Sto Harry Charles Bennett C/KX 91515
L/Sto Robert Stanley Vines, MiD D/KX 90328
Sto1 J Ernest Outhwaite P/KX 139396
Sto1 John Lewis Allbrighton, MiD P/KX 78057
Sto1 J David Dempster C/KX 93086
Sto1 J Wilfred Nutt C/KX 93871
Sto1 J Lawrence Frederick Nicholson C/KX 121329
Sto1 J Michael Cassidy C/KX 118554
Sto1 J George Leslie Lock D/KX 134195
Sto1 J Charles Eric Hyde D/KX 118388
Sto1 J Francis Leslie Coulson C/KX 117084
Sto1 J Arthur Robert Thomas Brown C/KX 132389
Sto1 J Daniel Clark C/KX 115875
