Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham, RN
| Born | 29 Jul 1905 | ||
| Died | Oct 1991 | (86) |
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Warship Commands listed for Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Rover (N 62) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 19 Apr 1939 | 5 Jul 1941 |
| HMS Alecto (J 10) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine Depot Ship | 4 Mar 1943 | 23 Aug 1943 |
| HMS Porpoise (N 14) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 6 Aug 1943 | 21 Nov 1944 |
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Submarine HMS Rover (N 62)
7 Jan 1941
HMS Rover (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, RN) attacks the Italian merchant Edda (6107 GRT) with four torpedoes about 15 nautical miles west-north-west of Tobruk, Libya in position 32º13'N, 23º40'E. All torpedoes missed their target and Rover was damaged by depth charges from the Italian torpedo boats Clio und Castore.
14 Feb 1941
HMS Rover (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Cesco (6161 GRT) about 17 nautical miles south-east of Capo Rizzuto in position 38º45'N, 17º25'E.
Submarine HMS Porpoise (N 14)
6 Jul 1944
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, OBE, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. Also on this day she lays 30 mines (minefield ML 014) off the mouth of the Deli river, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
At 0535 hours (time zone -6.5) something ahead was sighted so Porpoise dived. At 0700 hours the objext was identified as a small junk. At 0742 hours Porpoise surfaced and fired three rounds of 4" to stop the junk. Porpoise closed the junk, took the crew of four off and then sank the junk with gunfire in position 05º06'N, 98º46'E. The junk had no cargo on board when it was sunk.
Between 1816 and 1836 hours Porpoise laid 30 mines off the mouth of the Deli river.
8 Jul 1944
HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, OBE, RN) lays 16 more mines of the mouth of the Deli river and 10 mines in the Strait of Malacca.
Between 0040 hours and 0206 hours (time zone -6.5) 26 mines were laid.
9 Sep 1944
The Japanese auxiliary submarine chasers Cha 8 and Cha 9 both sink about 7 nautical miles north of Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º54'N, 98º42'E after hitting mines laid by the British submarione HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, OBE, RN) on 6 - 8 July 1944.
10 Sep 1944
The Japanese army tanker Takekun Maru (3029 GRT) sinks about 7 nautical miles north of Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies in position 03º54'N, 98º42'E after hitting a mine laid by the British submarione HMS Porpoise (HMS Porpoise (Lt.Cdr. H.A.L. Marsham, OBE, RN) on 8 July 1944.