HMS Trusty (N45) explained

HMS Trusty (N45) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched in March 1941.

Career

Trusty served in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific Far East. She sank the Italian merchant Eridano in December 1941, and on reassigning to the Pacific, she sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Toyohashi Maru and damaged the Japanese troop transport Columbia Maru.^[1]

She survived the war and was sold to be broken up for scrap in January 1947. She was scrapped at Milford Haven in July 1947.

References

• Book: Akermann, Paul. Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955. reprint of the 1989. 2002. Periscope Publishing. Penzance, Cornwall. 1-904381-05-7.
• Book: Bagnasco, Erminio . Submarines of World War Two . 1977 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 0-87021-962-6.
  • Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau. Roger. Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich, UK. 1980. 0-85177-146-7.
• Book: Kemp, Paul J.. The T-class Submarine: The Classic British Design. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis, Maryland. 1990. 1-55750-826-7.
• Book: McCartney, Innes. Oxford, UK. British Submarines 1939–1945. New Vanguard. 129. 2006. Osprey. 1-84603-007-2.

Notes and References

1. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3504.html HMS Trusty