British Submarine HMS Parthian

"Of all the branches of men in the Forces, there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariner.
Great deeds are done in the air and on the land; nevertheless, nothing surpasses your exploits." Winston Churchill.

"Only in attack does a submarine reveal herself, before creeping away to the concealment of the deep"

11 August 1943. HMS Parthian is declared overdue. She left Malta on 22 July and failed to return to her base in Beirut.

My thanks to Thelma Sharp who has sent me the following image taken onboard what we think may well be HMS Parthian. Her dad is in the image, 6th from left. Parthian was lost in the Mediterranean and Thelma's dad died in 1984. Captain Johnnie Walker's son, Timothy, was one of those lost

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And this is her Dad

Parthian 1943 shortly before her loss, image possibly Beirut

Joseph Rumbles, CPO on board Parthian on the day of his wedding to Nelly Read.
Nelly went on to marry another CPO, William Davidson, after Parthian had been lost in the Mediterranean
Image: Trevor Davidson

Reg Tallis (Sent in by John Dunkley)

Edward Jones HMS Parthian. The lovely lady is his wife, Elizabeth. His son, Ted jnr sent these in.
If you have any info on his father please contact him direct at: aveandted - at - talktalk.net, replacing the -at- with @

ADAMSON, Henry G O, Telegraphist, C/JX 145399, MPK

 ALDRED, Alfred H, Able Seaman, C/J 97729, MPK

 BARNSDALE, Charles F, Able Seaman, P/JX 203397, MPK

 BOND, Richard H, Petty Officer, P/JX 144731, MPK

 BULLEN, Walter, Able Seaman, D/SSX 16368, MPK

 CHALMERS, John, Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 79304, MPK

 CLASPER, Henry, Stoker 1c, C/KX 106419, MPK

 CLEARY, James P, Leading Seaman, P/SSX 26433, MPK

 CRANE, Gladwyn, Petty Officer, C/JX 156254, MPK

 CURRELL, Ronald E W, Stoker 1c, C/KX 107159, MPK

 DENBY, Eric, Petty Officer, P/SSX 15134, MPK

 DENNIS, Frank, Petty Officer, P/JX 126632, MPK

 DORAN, Edward J, Able Seaman, D/JX 161271, MPK

 ELNOR, Edward, Stoker 1c, P/KX 134891, MPK

 ETHELL, Frederick, Leading Telegraphist, C/JX 147570, MPK

 FAY, Owen C, Stoker 1c, C/KX 134852, MPK

 FORD, Peter, Yeoman of Signals, D/JX 151156, MPK

 FORSTER, Lawrence, Leading Seaman, C/SSX 27324, MPK

 GIBSON, Henry, Able Seaman, D/SSX 28717, MPK

 GIBSON, Wesley, Able Seaman, D/JX 149209, MPK

 GILLIAM, Frederick, Stoker 1c, P/KX 136124, MPK

 GOODWIN, John C, Petty Officer, C/JX 164968, MPK

 GOODWIN, John F, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 GRAINGER, David, Able Seaman, P/SSX 22974, MPK

 GREEN, Harold, Petty Officer Telegraphist, C/JX 130775, MPK

 HALL, Ernest M, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 88746, MPK

 HANNAH, Walter S, Stoker 1c, C/KX 136677, MPK

 HANSON, Walter, Stoker 1c, D/KX 93319, MPK

 HAYWOOD, Frederick C, Stoker 2c, P/KX 1355778, MPK

 HEATON, James, Able Seaman, C/JX 223596, MPK

 HEENAN, Thomas M H, Able Seaman, C/JX 208177, MPK

 HETHERINGTON, Ronald, Able Seaman, D/JX 257390, MPK

 HILL, Bryan D, Able Seaman, P/JX 146413, MPK

 HOLMAN, Harold, Stoker 1c, C/KX 134907, MPK

 IMRIE, Douglas, Able Seaman, P/SSX 20542, MPK

 JACOB, Lionel C N, Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/SMX 19, MPK

 JONES, Edward T, Able Seaman, P/JX 234590, MPK

 JONES, James, Stoker 1c, D/KX 114491, MPK

 JONES, Samuel J, Stoker 1c, D/KX 130579, MPK

 KEENAN, Peter, Petty Officer Cook, P/MX 49153, MPK

 LIGHTFOOT, Frank, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 80765, MPK

 MCCAIG, James V, Leading Steward, D/LX 26009, MPK

 NUNN, Albert, Engine Room Artificer 4c, D/MX 59141, MPK

 PALMER, George W, Telegraphist, C/JX 162289, MPK

 PARDOE, Cyril A, Lieutenant, RNR, MPK

 PARKER, Kenneth H, Able Seaman, D/JX 208617, MPK

 POTTER, Dennis, Engine Room Artificer 4c, P/MX 78677, MPK

 PRICE, Alfred K, Act/Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 85715, MPK

 RUMBLE, Joseph, Petty Officer, P/SSX 16820, MPK

 SMITHSON, John, Able Seaman, P/JX 235991, MPK

 STARKEY, James E, Ordinary Telegraphist, C/JX 232123, MPK

 STEWART, Frederick A J, Stoker 1c, C/KX 113741, MPK

 SYKES, John C, Engine Room Artificer 3c, D/MX 56722, MPK

 TALLIS, Reginald G, Act/Leading Stoker, P/KX 93121, MPK

 TOOGOOD, John W, Stoker 1c, P/KX 132374, MPK

 VON BERGEN, Mark A, Lieutenant, MPK

 WALKER, John T R, Sub Lieutenant, RNVR, MPK

 WALLIS, Morris S, Engine Room Artificer 1c, D/M 38846, MPK

 WEBB, Frederick J, Able Seaman, P/JX 282232, MPK

 WEIR, James C, Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 156663, MPK

 WHEBLE, Roy de la F, Chief Engine Room Artificer, D/MX 56474, MPK

 WHINCUP, Albert L, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 94539, MPK

 WILSON, John R, Leading Seaman, P/SSX 24567, MPK

 WOLFE, George, Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/MX 76034, MPK

 WORTHINGTON, Frederick, Stoker 1c, P/KX 111894, MPK

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