Traveller spent most of her career serving in the Mediterranean. She was unsuccessful in most of her attacks, sinking the Italian merchantman Albachiara, but launching failed attacks against the Italian merchant ship Ezilda Croce, the Italian 'small light cruiser' Cattaro (the former Yugoslavian Dalmacija), the Italian tanker Proserpina (the former French Beauce) and the Italian torpedo boats Castore and Ciclone. She also claimed to have attacked two so far unidentified submarines.[1]
Traveller left Malta on 28 November 1942 for a patrol in the Gulf of Taranto. She carried out a reconnaissance of Taranto harbour for a Chariot human torpedo attack (Operation Principal). The submarine did not return from the operation and was reported overdue on 12 December. She probably struck an Italian mine on or about 4 December.[2]
traveller, other, ships, with, same, name, traveller, class, submarine, royal, navy, laid, down, scotts, greenock, launched, august, 1941, traveller, gareloch, southwest, scotland, april, 1942historyunited, kingdomnamehms, travellerbuilderscotts, greenocklaid,. For other ships with the same name see HMS Traveller HMS Traveller N48 was a T class submarine of the Royal Navy She was laid down by Scotts Greenock and launched in August 1941 HMS Traveller in the Gareloch southwest Scotland in April 1942HistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS TravellerBuilderScotts GreenockLaid down17 January 1940Launched27 August 1941Commissioned10 April 1942IdentificationPennant number N48FateSunk on 4 December 1942BadgeGeneral characteristicsClass and typeBritish T class submarineDisplacement1 090 tons surfaced 1 575 tons submergedLength275 ft 84 m Beam26 ft 6 in 8 08 m Draught16 3 ft 5 0 m PropulsionTwo shafts Twin diesel engines 2 500 hp 1 86 MW each Twin electric motors 1 450 hp 1 08 MW eachSpeed15 25 knots 28 7 km h surfaced Nine knots 20 km h submergedRange4 500 nautical miles at 11 knots 8 330 km at 20 km h surfacedTest depth300 ft 91 m maxComplement61ArmamentSix internal forward facing 21 inch 533 mm torpedo tubes Two external forward facing torpedo tubes Three external backward facing torpedo tubes Six reload torpedoes 1 x 4 inch 102 mm deck gun Three anti aircraft machine gunsCareer EditTraveller spent most of her career serving in the Mediterranean She was unsuccessful in most of her attacks sinking the Italian merchantman Albachiara but launching failed attacks against the Italian merchant ship Ezilda Croce the Italian small light cruiser Cattaro the former Yugoslavian Dalmacija the Italian tanker Proserpina the former French Beauce and the Italian torpedo boats Castore and Ciclone She also claimed to have attacked two so far unidentified submarines 1 Traveller left Malta on 28 November 1942 for a patrol in the Gulf of Taranto She carried out a reconnaissance of Taranto harbour for a Chariot human torpedo attack Operation Principal The submarine did not return from the operation and was reported overdue on 12 December She probably struck an Italian mine on or about 4 December 2 During the War Traveller was adopted by the Borough of Leyton in London as part of Warship Week The plaque from this adoption is held by the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth 3 References Edit HMS Traveller Uboat net Submarine losses 1904 to present day Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine RN Submarine Museum Gosport Warship Weeks Adopting Naval Vessels in World War Two Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback MachinePublications EditCaruana Joseph 2012 Emergency Victualling of Malta During WWII Warship International LXIX 4 357 364 ISSN 0043 0374 Colledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 Hutchinson Robert 2001 Jane s Submarines War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day London HarperCollins ISBN 978 0 00 710558 8 OCLC 53783010 This article about a specific naval submarine of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Traveller N48 amp oldid 1090253303, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
