HMS Tantalus was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P318 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 24 February 1943. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tantalus, after the mythological Tantalus, son of Zeus.

HMS Tantalus (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Mackenzie, DSO and Bar, RN) torpedoed and sank the Japanese cargo ship Hachijin Maru (1915 GRT, built 1943) and damaged the Japanese submarine chaser Ch-1 (266 tons, offsite link) about 225 nautical miles east of Singapore in position 00°48'N, 107°43'E. (all times are zone -8)

During patrols in early 1944 she sank a supply ship and two smaller vessels in the Malacca Straits. Her patrol in April included landing an SOE Party in Malaya (Operation REMARKABLE IV).

On 15 October 1944, Chapman, along with Corporal Ronald Croton, embarked in the submarine HMS Tantalus under the command of Lieutenant Commander Hugh Mackenzie. This submarine was conducting an offensive patrol in the South China Sea and was due to rendezvous with the Rimau party on 8 November 1944.

Volunteering to become a submariner, Michael was assigned to HMS Tantalus and then deployed to the Far East in January 1944. Many commonwealth countries were involved in the war in the Pacific. “We did three patrols down the Malacca Strait, across the Indian Ocean and down this funnel between Malaya (Malaysia) and Sumatra.

Apr 17, 2022 · HMS Tantalus, seen here in Plymouth Sound in 1948, was named after the mythological Tantalus, son of Zeus. (Author’s Collection) Tantalus had been instructed to collect the Z Special Unit commandos from the Indonesian island of Merapas in November 1944 on their return from a patrol in the Malay Archipelago.

HMS Tantalus torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Amagi Maru about 40 nautical miles south of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. HMS Tantalus sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Hiyoshi Maru with gunfire in …

HMS Tantalus torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Amagi Maru about 40 nautical miles south of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. HMS Tantalus sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Hiyoshi Maru with gunfire in …

Aug 12, 2005 · His first draft was to the cruiser HMS Dauntless, which was patrolling the Far East station. On returning to the UK he was drafted to HMS Dolphin for submarine training and subsequently to HM...

HMS Tantalus was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P318 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 24 February 1943. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tantalus, after the mythological Tantalus, son of Zeus.