Peter Barnsley Marriot DSO, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 28 Nov 1964 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Peter Barnsley Marriot, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Graph (P 715) | Lt. | Submarine | 1 Jun 1942 | 2 Apr 1943 |
| HMS Stoic (P 231) | Lt. | Submarine | 5 May 1943 | 4 Jun 1945 |
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Submarine HMS Graph (P 715)
14 Aug 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) ends a refit at Chatham Dockyard. She proceeds to Sheerness.
16 Aug 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Sheerness for Portsmouth. She is escorted by HMS Vesper (Lt. D.H.R. Bromley, RN).
17 Aug 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) arrives at Portsmouth.
18 Aug 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Portsmouth for Holy Loch.
21 Aug 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) arrives at Holy Loch for a period of training before she will be deployed on patrols.
8 Oct 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Holy Loch for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Bay of Biscay.
For the daily and attack positions of HMS Graph during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Graph 1st war patrol click here for bigger map
21 Oct 1942
While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay, HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) attacks but misses the German submarine U-333 with four torpedoes about 50 nautical miles north-north-east of Cape Ortegal, Spain in position 44º31'N, 07º25'W.
(All times are zone -1)
1540 hours - HE was reported bearing 290 degrees.
1620 hours - Sighted a four-engined aircraft overhead. It was identified as being most likely a German Focke-Wulf aircraft. Meanwhile the HE had ceased. Up to this moment the HE had been thought to be that of a trawler but it was now considered that it could be a submarine that had dived upon the approach of the aircraft.
1645 hours - Strong HE was now picked up again bearing 300 degrees. Graph was maneuvered onto a firing course.
1652 hours - The conning tower of the enemy was seen for the first time. Started attack.
1658 hours - Fired four torpedoes. Two explosions were heard after about five and a half minutes. These were followed by breaking up noises. (no explanation can be given for the 'breaking up noises' that were heard).
The KTB (Kriegs Tage Buch, logbook) of U-333 gives the following;
(All times are zone -2)
1654 hours - Sighted aircraft, could not be identified but it was quite big. Dived.
1737 hours - Surfaced.
1755 hours - Sighted torpedo tracks to Starboard. Looked like one torpedo ran on the surface. Turned hard to Port. Four tracks were seen, all missed astern. Four end of run detonations were heard. Sent report to B.d.U. and cleared the area zig-zagging.
29 Oct 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) ends her 1st war patrol at Holy Loch.
14 Nov 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) is docked at Kames Bay, Cumbrae Island.
15 Nov 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) is undocked and returns to Holy Loch.
19 Nov 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Holy Loch for her 2nd war patrol. She is to patrol in the Bay of Biscay.
For the daily positions of HMS Graph during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Graph 2nd war patrol click here for bigger map
29 Nov 1942
The Italian blockade breaker Cortellazzo had departed Bordeaux bound for Japan on 29 November 1942. The next day the ship was spotted by a Sunderland flying boat. The British submarines HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN), HMS Clyde (Lt. R.S. Brookes, DSC, RN), and HMS Sealion (Lt. D. Lambert, DSC, RN), were ordered to intercept but failed to do so.
8 Dec 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) ends her 2nd war patrol at Holy Loch.
21 Dec 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Holy Loch bound for Lerwick.
23 Dec 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) arrives at Lerwick.
24 Dec 1942
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Lerwick for her 3rd war patrol. She is to patrol off Northern Norway to provide cover for convoy JW-51 to Northern Russia.
For the daily and attack positions of HMS Graph during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Graph 3rd war patrol click here for bigger map
1 Jan 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) makes a torpedo attack on two destroyers off the Altafjord. All torpedoes fired missed their intended targets.
(All times are zone -1)
0106 hours - In position 70º51'N, 21º56'E sighted a darkened vessel probably a cruiser. Distance was 12000 to 15000 yards. Altered course to attack. The ship was however lost after about 20 minutes.
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0431 hours - In position 70º48'N, 21º20'E sighted a destroyer bearing 240 degrees. Range was about 7000 - 8000 yards. The enemy appeared to be steering from left to right. A second destroyer was sighted almost immediately behind the first. Their courses appeared to be very erratic and their speeds were very low. They were thought to be carrying out an A/S search. Turned towards to attack.
0440 hours - Fired four torpedoes at the destroyers. Two heavy explosions were heard 7 and 7 1/2 minutes after firing. Two more, much smaller, explosions were heard 9 minutes after firing. Graph retired on the surface after firing. The results were not observed.
The ships sighted / attacked were most likely ships from the German force that had attacked convoy JW 51. The heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper, Lützow and the destroyers Z 4 / Richard Beitzen, Z 5 / Theodor Riedel, Z 29, Z 30 and Z 31 were part of this force. The destroyer Z 16 / Friedrich Eckoldt had also been past of this force but was sunk during this operation.
13 Jan 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) ends her 3rd war patrol at Lerwick.
14 Jan 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) departs Lerwick bound for Holy Loch.
16 Jan 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN) arrives at Holy Loch. She is used for training duties from now on.
Submarine HMS Stoic (P 231)
3 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks two small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off Penang.
8 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
12 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Kainan Maru (1134 GRT) off Phuket, Siam in position 07º54'N, 98º27'E.
13 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) claims to have sunk a landing craft with gunfire off Penang.
17 Jun 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks two small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and demolition charges off Penang.
13 Jul 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Nanyo Maru No.55 with gunfire off Mukomuko, western Sumatra.
25 Oct 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Java Sea.
31 Oct 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the north-east tip of Java, Netherlands East Indies in position 07º40'S, 114º13'E. She also bombards warehouses and fuel tanks at Jangka Island.
16 Dec 1944
HMS Stoic (Lt. P.B. Marriot, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Shoei Maru (1986 GRT) west of Sunda Strait in position 05º45'S, 104º43'E.