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British Royal Navy submarine HMS Umbra returns home to Britain after more than 12 months
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British Royal Navy submarine HMS Umbra returns home to Britain after more than 12 months
British Royal Navy submarine HMS Umbra returns home to Britain after more than 12 months in service in Mediterranean waters under the command of Lieutenant S.L.C. Maydon, DSO, one of the Navys most successful submarine skippers.
The umbra fought many daring actions and wrought much destruction among enemy shipping. Her strangest adventure occurred early this year when she torpedoed an enemy aircraft in mid-air. Lieut Maydon sighted an enemy supply ship being escorted by three aircraft. He fired a torpedo and " all that was left of the target was a magnificent column of orange and white smoke rising to quite a thousand feet". He noticed that only two of the three enemy aircraft were in sight. " it was hoped", reported Lieut Maydon, " that the third may have gone to great heights when the target blew up".
March 1943
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