H.M.S. Sunfish (1936)

H.M.S. Sunfish (1936)
Builder:	Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered:	1934 Programme
Laid down:	22 Jul, 1935
Launched:	30 Sep, 1936
Commissioned:	2 Jul, 1937
Sunk:	27 Jul, 1944
Fate:	as Russian V 1

H.M.S. Sunfish was one of sixty-two "S" Class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 13 March, 1937.

On 22 February 1939, Sunfish dragged her anchors while moored 5.9 cables off Sandown Pier Light. Lieutenant-in-Command Thomas Tod Euman was Court-Martialed in the aftermath and received a reprimand and was dismissed the ship despite supporting testimony from Harry Percy Kendall Oram and the fact that he had appeared to have taken reasonable precautions. That the submarine Sterlet suffered the same misfortune on the occasion, suggests that unusual circumstances were at play. Lt. Cdr. Norris Edwin Cutler, senior captain of the submarine Unity, had ordered the anchoring, and he too was subjected to a Court Martial.

Captains

• Lieutenant-Commander Lancelot L. B. Myers, 17 August, 1936 – 17 May, 1938
• Lieutenant in Command Thomas T. Euman, 6 August, 1938 – c. March 1939  (dismissed ship by CM after grounding on 22 February)
• Lieutenant-Commander Jack E. Slaughter, 25 September, 1939 – 23 September, 1940
• Lieutenant in Command George R. Colvin, 23 September, 1940 – August, 1941
• Lieutenant in Command Denis W. Mills, 30 June, 1943 – 24 July, 1943
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Thomas F. Jones, 24 July, 1943 – 13 October, 1943
• Lieutenant in Command Hilary J. Bartlett, 13 October, 1943 – 30 May, 1944

See Also

• Wikipedia