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HMS Spearfish (69S)
HMS ''Spearfish'' was a Royal Navy S-class submarine which was launched 21 April 1936 and fought in World War II. ''Spearfish'' is one of 12 boats named in the song Twelve Little S-Boats. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named ''Spearfish''.
==Service history==
Her wartime career started inauspiciously, when on 24 September 1939, she was heavily damaged by German warships off Horns Reef. She was unable to submerge but nevertheless managed to escape. A rescue mission was undertaken by the British Humber force and Home Fleet, including the aircraft carrier , and the battleship , which performed escort duty whilst search and rescue attempts were made. The fleet was attacked by Junkers Ju 88 bombers of the Luftwaffe's ''Kampfgeschwader'' 30, and a bomb caused slight damage to . ''Spearfish'' safely put in Rosyth on 26 September, and repairs were completed in early March 1940.
Another notable action occurred on 11 April 1940, whilst patrolling in the Kattegat, under the command of Lieutenant Commander John Hay Forbes, she torpedoed and damaged the German pocket battleship ''Lützow'', putting her out of action for over a year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS Spearfish (N 69) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Go2War2.nl - Deutschland )〕 At the time it was reported that she sank her sister ship, .〔(I Was There! - We Knew We Had Hit The 'Scheer' ), The War Illustrated, 3 May 1940.〕 Later that year, on 20 May, she sank two Danish fishing vessels ''S.130'' and ''S.175'' with gunfire in the North Sea.〔
''Spearfish'' sailed from Rosyth on 31 July 1940, still under the command of "Jock" Forbes, to patrol off the Norwegian coast. On 1 August she was spotted on the surface by the under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann who attacked and sank her, about west-southwest of Stavanger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= uboat.net )〕 There was only one survivor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Losses - National Maritime History - NMH )〕 Able Seaman William V. Pester.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMS Spearfish (N 69) )〕
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