ITALIAN HUMAN TORPEDO ATTACKS
| Operation |
Destination |
Date |
Destroyed Vessel's |
| GA1 |
Alexandria |
August 1940 |
|
| GA2 |
Alexandria |
September 1940 |
|
| BG1 |
Gibraltar |
September 1940 |
|
| BG2 |
Gibraltar |
May 1941 |
|
| BG3 |
Gibraltar |
October 1941 |
|
| GA3 |
Alexandria |
December 1941 |
HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Valiant |
| BG4 |
Gibraltar |
September 1941 |
Fiona Shell
Durham
Denby Dale |
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| Operation |
Destination |
Date |
Destroyed Vessel's |
Attacks from
Olterra |
Gibraltar |
December 1942 |
Ocean Vanquish
Berta
Empire Centeur
Armattan (Damaged) |
| |
Gibraltar |
May 1943 |
Pat Harrison
Mahsud
Camerata |
| |
Gibraltar |
August 1943 |
Harrison Gray Otis
Thorshovdi
Standridge |
BRITISH HUMAN TORPEDO ATTACKS
1. Operation “Title" Against the Tirpitz October 1942
Operators: Brewster, Brown, Craig, Evans, Causer and Tebb.
2. Operation “Principal" The attack on Palermo Harbour January 1943
Operators: Dove, Freel, Ferrier, Greenland, Stevens, Worthy, Cook, Milne, Simpson, Carter.
3. The Submarine P311 went missing off the North Sardinian coast presumed torpedoed. January 1943. 10 charioteers died. Anderson, Bonnell, Goss, Kerr, Maplebeck, Pridham, Rickwood, Stretton-Smith, Sargeant, Trevethian,
4. Operation “Welcome" The attack on Tripoli harbour January 1943.
Operators: Larkin, Berey, Stevens, Buxton.
5. May 1943 Sicily beach survey prior to allied landings.
The object to measure beach gradients and mark enemy positions and beach defences
Operators: T.Evans, W.S.Smith, W.Jakeman, A.C.Kirby V.J.Mills, J.Brewster, J.Brown, Hargreaves.
6. Sept 1943. Lunna Voe operations using Norwegian agents to spy on occupying Germans. Motor Torpedo Boats used to drop “Chariots”.
Operators: G.J.W.Larkin, N.Job, with13 others
7. Operation “QWZ”
In June 1944 a combined Italian and British force attacked La Spezia harbour.
Operators Berey, Causer, Lawrence, H.Smith.
8. Far East October 1944 the attack on Phuket harbour Thailand.
Operators: Elderidge, Brown, Smith, Woolcott
9. Normandy beaches: Charioteers were used to survey the Normandy beaches prior to the landings
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