HMS Tempest (N86) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead and launched in June 1941, serving in the Mediterranean theatre until 13 February 1942, when she was sunk by the Regia Marina while on patrol the Gulf of Taranto [1][2][3] by the Spica class torpedo boat Circe. [4]

HMS Tempest (N86) was a T-class submarine. She launched in June 1941 and was sunk by an Italian torpedo boat in February 1942.

On 13 February 1942, HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye, RN) was forced to the surface by depth charges the Italian torpedo boat Circe. Tempest was on patrol in the Gulf of Taranto / Ionian Sea some 30 nautical miles north-east of Crotone, Italy in position 39°15'N, 17°45'E.

Feb 13, 2020 · HM S/M Tempest had the misfortune of encountering Capitano di Corvetta (Lt. Cdr.) Stefanino Palmas and his torpedo boat Circe on 13 February 1942. Palmas had been to the Kriegsmarine ASW course, and had received further training in Italy.

HMS TEMPEST (Lt Cdr W A K N Cavaye) sailed from Malta on 10 January 1942 on her first Mediterranean patrol. She was in an area adjacent to HMS UNA when UNA attacked the Italian tanker Lucania. Lucania had been granted free passage through the Mediterranean but was torpedoed by UNA in error.

Feb 14, 2025 · As Circe Manoeuvered to take up the tow, Tempest suddenly started to sink, forcing those on board to jump into the sea. HMS Tempest slipped beneath the waves stern first with the bows disappearing vertically.

Ostend was attacked in conjunction with the neighbouring harbour of Zeebrugge on 23 April in order to block the vital strategic port of Bruges, situated 6 miles inland. Bruges was ideally sited to conduct raiding operations on the British coastline and shipping lanes.

H.M.S. Tempest was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17. Tempest joined the Harwich Force 's Tenth Destroyer Flotilla, a formation then consisting of eighteen "R" and nine "M" class destroyers, upon her commissioning in March, 1917. In February, 1919 she moved to join the post-war Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.

HMS Tempest was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan on Clydeside and launched on 26 January 1917 during the First World War.

TEMPEST, bows in the air, had sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean. The photograph on the left shows the last few minutes of HMs/m Tempest before finally sinking below the Mediterranean.