Compton Patrick Norman DSO, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 14 Jan 1964 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Compton Patrick Norman, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 34 (N 34) | Lt. | Submarine | 19 Mar 1941 | 3 Jun 1941 |
| HMS Una (N 87) | Lt. | Submarine | 16 Feb 1942 | Nov 1942 |
| HMS Torbay (N 79) | Lt. | Submarine | 2 May 1944 | 29 Oct 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Una (N 87)
13 Mar 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) sinks the Italian fishing vessel Maria Immacolata (248 GRT) with gunfire 6 nautical miles bearing 135 of Mehedia, Tunisia.
5 Apr 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ninetto G. (5335 GRT) about 12 nautical miles south of Capo dell'Armi in position 37º05'N, 15º41'E.
10 Sep 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) fires torpedoes against the Italian merchant Brioni (1987 GRT) about 10 nautical miles west of Palaiokhóra, Crete, Greece in position 35º12'N, 23º29'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
3 Oct 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) fires torpedoes against a merchant in Lampedusa harbour. The torpedoes however hit the rocks.
18 Oct 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) against the Italian tanker Panuco (7600 GRT) north of Catania, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes fired however missed their target.
Submarine HMS Torbay (N 79)
15 Aug 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her refit at Chatham Dockyard. Now a period of trials and excersises begins.
16 Nov 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Holy Loch for her 24th war patrol (This is the 1st war patrol of her 3rd commission). She is to patrol in the Northern part of the North Sea.
For the daily positions of HMS Torbay during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Torbay 24th war patrolclick here for bigger map
20 Nov 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her 24th war patrol at Holy Loch.
12 Dec 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Holy Loch for her passage to Ceylon. The first leg of the trip is to Gibraltar.
For the daily positions of HMS Torbay during this passage see the map below.
HMS Torbay passage U.K. to Ceylonclick here for bigger map
20 Dec 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Gibraltar.
26 Dec 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Gibraltar bound for Malta.
30 Dec 1944
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Malta.
4 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Malta bound for Port Said.
8 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Port Said.
10 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) transits the Suez Canal. After passage course is set towards Aden.
15 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Aden.
15 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Aden bound for Colombo.
27 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Colombo
29 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Colombo bound for Trincomalee.
31 Jan 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Trincomalee.
3 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Trincomalee for her 25th war patrol (This is the 2nd war patrol of her 3rd commission and her 1st in Far Eastern waters). She is to perform a special mission in the Phuket area.
The special mission is called 'operation Baboon'. Three canoes with a total of 7 people (two canoes with two and one with three) were to be landed on the coast on March 8th from position 08º07'N, 98º14'E.
For the daily positions of HMS Torbay during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Torbay 25th war patrolclick here for bigger map
8 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) lands the agents as ordered for 'operation baboon'.
1930 hours - Torbay surfaced five nautical miles of the beach and after getting the canoes up on the casing ran in to the release position 2,5 nautical miles from the shore where te canoes were released. Canoe nr.3 with three people on board fell astern of the other two and was not seen again. Nothing further was heard of the people inside it (all three of them are listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website as being killed on 9 March 1945, no further details are known to us at this moment).
0230 hours - Both the other canoes returned to Torbay.
9 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) returns to the drop off position of last night. Something must have gone wrong ashore as there was now a total black-out unlike the previous day. Also Asdic impulses were heard. As a result of this the landings for this night were aborted.
10 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) returns to the drop off position of two nights before. No.1 and 2. canoes were launched for a beach recce. Nothing was seen of canoe No.3. It was found that enemy patrols were more frequent. For the next two nights Torbay returned to the R/V position but nothing was sighted.
16 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) destroys a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. She also damages a junk with gunfire.
(All times are zone -6,5) 1100 hours - In position 08º42'N, 98º10'E sighted smoke to the Northward and a junk to the Southward.
1145 hours - The smoke was identified as a small passenger steamer of 200 to 300 tons.
1200 hours - Surfaced and opened fire with the 4" deck gun. Range was 3500 yards.
1205 hours - The steamer turned towards the beach.
1215 hours - By now 50 rounds had been fired for 4 to 5 hits. The steamer was now aground and burning in position 08º44'N, 98º15'E.
1217 hours - Altered course to the Southward to engage the junk.
1220 hours - Fired a waring shot but no signs of surrender came from the junk.
1224 to 1230 hours - Fired 20 rounds at the junk from 3000 yards resulting in 4 hits.
1230 hours - Sighted a fighter bomber coming in for attack. Dived to 35 feet.
1241 hours - One distant bomb explosion.
1258 hours - One bomb explosion quite close. Lt.Cdr. Norman set course to seaward and decided to call it a day.
18 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) returns to the drop off position of March 8th. No.1 and 2. canoes were launched to search for the missing party but nothing was sighted.
23 Mar 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her 25th war patrol at Trincomalee.
7 Apr 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Trincomalee for her 26th war patrol (This is the 3rd war patrol of her 3rd commission and her 2nd in Far Eastern waters). She is to perform two special missions (No details available as of yet).
HMS Torbay 26th war patrolclick here for bigger map
21 Apr 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her 26th war patrol at Trincomalee.
8 May 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Trincomalee for her 27th war patrol (This is the 4th war patrol of her 3rd commission and her 3rd in Far Eastern waters). She is to perform a special operation (No details available as of yet).
For the daily positions of HMS Torbay during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Torbay 27th war patrolclick here for bigger map
11 May 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) suffers an serious engine failure. The patrol has to be abandoned and course is set to return to Trincomalee.
16 May 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her 27th war patrol at Trincomalee.
19 Jun 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Trincomalee for her 28th war patrol (This is the 5th war patrol of her 3rd commission and her 4th in Far Eastern waters). She is to patrol in the Straits of Malacca.
For the daily positions of HMS Torbay during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Torbay 28th war patrolclick here for bigger map
25 Jun 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) sinks a tongkang by demolition charge in position 02.38'N, 100.28'E.
(All times are zone -7,5)
1450 hours - Surfaced in position 02.38'N, 100.28'E and sank a 17 ton tongkang by demolition charge. It was loaded with 17 tons of sulphur and 2 tons of tobacco and bound for Klang. The crew of 3 and 1 Chinese was embarked in the submarine.
Dived, Several tongkangs were seen during the afternoon but all in to shallow water to be closed.
26 Jun 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
(All times are zone -7,5)
1100 hours - The mast and funnel of a coaster was sighted at 10000 yards. Torbay manouvered to get ahead of the target. At 1250 hours range was still 8000 to 9000 yards. At 1300 Torbay surfaced and gave chase on the surface.
At 1306 hours the enemy turned towards the nearest shore zig-zagging wildly.
1314 hours - Torbay opened fire with the deck gun from 6000 yards. At 1329 hours fire was ceased as the target was now on fire from amidships to aft. In all 58 rounds were fired.
1335 hours - Torbay dived in position 02º57'N, 100º04'E. At 1350 hours the target was seen to blow up and sink.
28 Jun 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with a demolition charge in the Strait of Malacca.
(All times are zone -7,5)
1915 hours - Torbay surfaced in position 03º24'N, 99º42'E. a 10 ton tongkang was boarded. The cargo was made up of solid rubber tyres. The tongkang was sunk by a demolition charge.
11 Jul 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her 28th war patrol at Trincomalee.
7 Aug 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Trincomalee for her 29th war patrol (This is the 6th war patrol of her 3rd commission and her 5th in Far Eastern waters). She is to perform a special operation (No details available as of yet).
For the daily positions of HMS Torbay during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Torbay 29th war patrolclick here for bigger map
24 Aug 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) ends her 29th war patrol at Trincomalee.
10 Sep 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Trincomalee for Port Said. She is to return to the U.K.
25 Sep 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Port Said.
28 Sep 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Port Said bound for Malta.
2 Oct 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Malta.
13 Oct 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Malta bound for Gibraltar.
17 Oct 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Gibraltar.
18 Oct 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) departs Gibraltar bound for Portsmouth.
22 Oct 1945
HMS Torbay (Lt.Cdr. C.P. Norman, DSO, RN) arrives at Portsmouth.