HMS Olympus - N35
Lt.Cdr. Herbert George Dymott, RN
Statistics
Log of Patrols
| 7th July 1940 | Bombed by Italian aircraft in Lazaretto Creek, Malta. Repairs were not completed until 29th November that year. |
| 29th July 1941 | Torpedoed & sank the Italian merchantman Monteponi 10 nautical miles north of Cape Comino, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 9th November 1941 | Attacked the Italian merchantman ship Mauro Croce on the surface with torpedoes and deck gun in the Gulf of Genoa. No serious damage was done to the merchantman which escaped. |
| 8th May 1942 | Sunk by a mine whilst returning to
Gibraltar with the crews of P36, P39,
Pandora and HMS
Penelope. Out of 98 passengers & crew only 9 survived the 7 mile swim back to Malta. The wreck lies in 115m of water and is largely intact. See U.Boat.net forum link below. |
References
| http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/tek-talk/71249-hms-olympus-found-off-malta-115m.html | Scuba Community |
| http://www.uboat.net/forums/read.php?3,77084,77084 | U-Boat.net Forum |