Английская Википедия:HMS Tarpon (N17)

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The second HMS Tarpon (N17) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched in October 1939. She is named after the large fish Tarpon; one species of which is native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific Oceans.[1]

Career

Tarpon had a short career, serving in the North Sea. She left Portsmouth on 5 April 1940 for Rosyth in company with HMS Severn. The following day they were ordered to Norway. On the 10th Tarpon was ordered to take up a new position. Tarpon was never heard from again.

It is asserted that there is a combination of British and German records which state that she was engaged by Schiff 40.[2] The records show that Tarpon had attacked the Q-ship Schiff 40/Schürbek, but her first torpedoes had missed. The Q-ship picked up the Tarpon on her sonar and her periscope was sighted. The ship dropped numerous depth charges in a sustained counterattack that went on most of the morning. Finally a pattern of depth charges brought wreckage to the surface. The Q-ship remained on the scene until 0500 the next morning when it became clear the submarine had been sunk. Tarpon was reported overdue on 22 April 1940.[3][4]

Wreck

The wreck was found and identified in the Danish part of the North Sea, near the harbour town of Thyborøn, by a Danish commercial diver, Gert Normann Andersen of the company JD-Contractor and British marine archaeologist Dr Innes McCartney in March 2016.[5][6] The wreck was explored in a live TV program by Denmark's Radio on 28 August 2016.[7] The submarine wreck was found with two torpedo tubes empty; confirming it likely they were fired in battle before her sinking. It is therefore still most likely she was then sunk by depth charges.[2] The wreck is submerged in 40 metres of water.[2]

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  1. ↑ " Megalops atlanticus", www.fishbase.org, 11 February 2010.
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ HMS Tarpon, Uboat.net
  4. ↑ Submarine losses 1904 to present day Шаблон:Webarchive, RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  6. ↑ Usædvanligt fund af ubåd fra anden verdenskrig fundet i dansk farvand, Jyllandsposten, 17 Marts 2016
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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