HMS Thetis, Liverpool Bay, June 1st 1939
"I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. ...
I am proud to be a member of that vast commonwealth and society of nations and communities gathered in and around the ancient British monarchy, without which the good cause might well have perished from the face of the earth.
Here we are, and here we stand, a veritable rock of salvation in this drifting world...."
The Loss of HMS Thetis is not recorded in Lloyds' Register, the international master register and primary source for any vessel lost at sea, irrespective of later salvage efforts.
Therefore HMS Thetis was later salvaged, repaired, and re commissioned as HMS Thunderbolt.
But the loss of HMS Thetis at sea is not recorded in Lloyds' Register.
Therefore the Royal Navy did not lose HMS at sea.
She just disappeared from the Navy list.
3 September[edit]
- Athenia (
United Kingdom): World War II: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) off Northern Ireland (56°44′N 14°05′W) by U-30 (
Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 117 of the 1,418 people on board.
Lieutenant B J Andrew, RN (centre) with the crew of HM Submarine THUNDERBOLT and their 'Jolly Roger' flag.
They had just returned from the Mediterranean to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS FORTH in Holy Loch, Scotland.
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