HMS Odin (N84)
Statistics
| Torpedo tubes - 6 x 21" forward & 2 stern. | Deck Gun mark XII - 1 x 4" |
| Machine Guns - 2 x Lewis |
Log of Patrols
| 13th June 1940 | Attacked by the Italian destroyer
Strale in the Gulf of Taranto. First
with torpedoes then with gunfire. Attempted to ram the submarine but Odin
dived firing a torpedo from the stern tube which missed. Strale broke
off the attack. At 01.57hrs on the 14th the motor torpedo boat Baleno sighted a submarine 9 miles from the position of the Strale attack. They attempted to ram the submarine but this dived. The Baleno dropped a total of 5 depth charges & broke off the attack. Later in the morning an aerial reconnaissance reported seeing oil slicks from both areas. The Italians claimed 2 submarines but it is believed both cases were the Odin. She was not heard of again & was presumed sunk. |
References
| http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16253 | Wrecksite |
| http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=16123 | British Pathé film of the launch. |