Submarine Voyage Reports

Discussion in 'The War at Sea' started by Murmanseld, Jun 15, 2020.

  1. Murmanseld

    Murmanseld Member

    Does anyone know if Submarine voyage reports/logs for WW2 are available online anywhere. Difficult to get down to the National Archives from Shetland at the best of times, and of course all closed down at the moment. Uboat.net have some details but it would be good to see complete reports for individual subs to assist with research. Thanks
     
  2. Kiwi REd One

    Kiwi REd One Junior Member

    Hello Murmenseld

    Can't help with complete reports for RN subs but I have been doing some digging myself into RN subs operating in the Far East. As you say some boats do have details in UBoat.net such as the two T Class boats that went out to the Far East in late 1941:
    HMS Truant - HMS Truant (N 68) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the T class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net
    HMS Trusty - HMS Trusty (N 45) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the T class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net

    Their entries appear to be based on the patrol reports held at the UK National Archives judging from the references listed at the bottom of each entry.

    Have you seen the online version of V Adm Hazlet's British and Allied Submarine Operations in World War II? Volume 1
    If you look at the top of each chapter you can find maps and "Patrolgram" spreadsheets for the time and theatre involved which outline what each sub was upto at any particular time.

    If you are interested in US Navy subs (mainly in the Pacific theatre against the Japanese) have a look here as all their patrol reports have been digitised and can be read (online only):
    Submarine War Reports | Historic Naval Ships Association
     
  3. Murmanseld

    Murmanseld Member

    Hi, many thanks for replying with the interesting links - I had actually found the online version of V Adm Hazlet’s Allied Sub Ops following a thread posted up earlier on this site so, yes, it’s very interesting and useful from my point of view. My interest/research is fairly local and based on the submarine activity around Shetland during WW2 of which there was plenty with upwards of 200 subs passing through Lerwick each year from 1942 onwards. You will probably have seen that many of the new builds did their first work up patrol through Lerwick and off the Norwegian coast before heading off to the Mediterranean or the Far East. Good to hear about the US Navy subs patrol reports being available online now as we did have a few pass through here during the war years so will be checking to see what I can find. Thanks again and good luck with your research. Brgds/John
     

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