HMS Tigris was a British T-class submarine launched in October 1939, built at Chatham Dockyard. As a wartime vessel, she was designed for versatility and endurance, featuring a typical length of approximately 275 feet and armed with torpedoes suitable for engaging enemy ships. Throughout her service, Tigris demonstrated notable activity in multiple theaters, including the North Sea, the Mediterranean, and waters off the coast of France and Norway. During her operations in the Bay of Biscay starting July 1940 under Commander Howard Bone, Tigris sank several French fishing vessels—Sancte Michael, Cimcour, Charles Edmond, and Rene Camaleyre—as well as French merchant ships Jacobsen and Guilvinec, and the German tanker Thorn. She also engaged enemy submarines, unsuccessfully attacking U-58 and Italian submarines Reginaldo Giuliani and Maggiore Baracca. In July 1941, she torpedoed and sank the Italian submarine Michele Bianchi near the Gironde estuary, demonstrating her effectiveness against Axis submarines. In the North Sea, Tigris sank the Norwegian ships Haakon Jarl and Richard With, notably causing the latter to sink rapidly, resulting in civilian and military casualties. She also damaged the German auxiliary submarine chaser Uj-1201, which was eventually repaired and returned to service. Her wartime patrols extended to the Mediterranean from late 1942, where she sank the Italian submarine Porfido and the merchant ship Citta di Genova, the latter carrying Greek officers as hostages. Tigris's final mission took her off Naples in February 1943. She was believed to have been attacked and sunk by the German submarine chaser UJ 2210 near Capri on 27 February 1943, with all hands lost. Her loss was confirmed after a series of depth charge attacks that produced telltale signs of a sinking submarine. Throughout her service, HMS Tigris was recognized for her active combat record and her crew's sacrifice. She was adopted by the town of Newbury during Warship Week, and memorial services continue to honor her and her crew’s memory.

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