Eric Roland John Oddie DSO, RN
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| Ranks
Retired: 1 Aug 1947 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Eric Roland John Oddie, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Narwhal (N 45) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 18 Jul 1939 | 26 Feb 1940 |
| HMS Triad (N 53) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 27 Feb 1940 | 15 Aug 1940 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Narwhal (N 45)
25 Feb 1940
The German submarine U-63 tried to attack convoy HN-14, in doing so she was sighted by the British submarine HMS Narwhal (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN). The escorting destoyers HMS Escort (Lt.Cdr. J. Bostock, RN), HMS Inglefield (Capt. P. Todd, RN) and HMS Imogen (Cdr. C.L. Firth, RN) were warned. They located, attacked and sank U-63 with depth charges south east of the Shetland Islands.
Submarine HMS Triad (N 53)
28 Feb 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) is docked at Rosyth.
2 Mar 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) is undocked.
13 Mar 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) departs Rosyth for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the North Sea and Skagerrak.
27 Mar 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) ends her 6th war patrol at Rosyth.
8 Apr 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) departs Rosyth for her 7th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Skagerrak.
11 Apr 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Ionia (3102 GRT, built 1922) in the Skagerrak south of the Oslofjord, Norway in position 58º30'N, 10º35'E.
0630 hours - Commenced attack on 4000 tons merchant vessel in position 58º55'N, 10º32E'. Two torpedoes were fired, the second torpedo hit the target.
Triad was hunted by A/S trawlers during the whole day.
14 Apr 1940
While patrolling off the Oslo Fjord, an area that was heavily patrolled by German A/S vessels and aircraft, HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) attacks a convoy of two merchant vessel escorted by a destroyer and later a destroyer with torpedoes. Both attacks however failed to produce hits on the targets.
1748 hours - In position 58º49'N, 10º45'E fired two torpedoes against two merchant vessels escorted by a destroyer. Range was very long, 12000 yards. No hits were obtained.
2130 hours - Surfaced.
2204 hours - Sighted a destroyer in position 58º44'N, 10º19'E. Fired two torpedoes. Range was 2 nautical miles. No hits were obtained.
2205 hours - Dived. Another ship, possibly a cruiser passed overhead.
15 Apr 1940
While charging the batteries on the surface HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) is detected by an enemy surface vessel. Triad dived and was depth charged.
2312 hours - In position 58º43'N, 09º50'E two flares were fired into the air about one nautical mile away. Triad dived and was subsequently depth charged. Eight charges were dropped, all were fairly close.
0047 hours (16th) - Surfaced.
These events had most likely something to do with the sinking of the German gunnery training ship Brummer that was torpedoed and sunk by HMS Sterlet around that time. Brummer was escorted by the Torpedo boats Falke, Jaguar and the sloop F 5.
19 Apr 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) fires four torpedoes against 'what was thought to be' the German depot ship Tsingtau in the Skagerrak south of the Oslofjord in position 58º18'N, 10º49'E. All torpedoes fired however missed their target.
0445 hours - Sighted ' what was thought to be the German depot ship Tsingtau escorted by four A/S trawlers. Started attack.
0459 hours - In position 58º18'N, 10º49'E fired four torpedoes from 9000 yards. All missed.
20 Apr 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) attacks a German convoy with six torpedoes. One or two hits were claimed.
0930 hours - Sighted a convoy of three ships escorted by four destroyers and one MTB.
1008 hours - Near position 58º14'N, 10º50'E fired six torpedoes from 2700 yards. Triad went deep upon firing. One or two hits were claimed.
1020 hours - Depth charging started. They were quite close causing some minor damage. Triad retired to the South ot slow speed. HE slowly faded away.
Triad had now expanded all torpedoes.
23 Apr 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) ends her 7th war patrol at Rosyth.
6 May 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) departs Rosyth for her 8th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the North Sea to the North-West of the Dutch coast.
9 May 1940
At 0047 hours HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) sighted a submarine on the surface in position 53º22'N, 03º36'E. This was thought to be the French submarine Calypso (Lieutenant de Vaisseau (= Lt.) J.M. Petit).
In fact it was the German submarine U-7 that also reported sighting a submarine at 0145 hours (zone +1 = German time) in position 53º21N, 03º45'E.
18 May 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) ends her 8th war patrol at Rosyth.
29 May 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) departs Rosyth for her 9th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the North Sea to the North-West of the Dutch coast.
12 Jun 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) ends her 9th war patrol at Rosyth.
15 Jun 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) is docked at Rosyth.
19 Jun 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) is undocked.
27 Jun 1940
HMS Triad (Lt.Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, RN) departs Rosyth for her 10th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the West coast of Norway, near Trondheim.
9 Jul 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) makes a torpedo attack on a so far unidentified vessel. The vessel had Swedish markings on her side but might have been a German Q-ship.
0525 hours - In position 65º29'N, 07º03'E fired two torpedoes against a vessel with Swedish markings on her side. The target was about the size of a large trawler. Range was 1000 yards. Both torpedoes were set to 4 feet and due to the heavy swell they may have been affected.
13 Jul 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) ends her 10th war patrol at Rosyth.
27 Jul 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) departs Rosyth for her 11th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the West coast of Norway, near Bergen.
3 Aug 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) attacks the German submarine U-46 with gunfire. U-46 dived before hits were obtained.
2218 hours - Dived near position 58º33'N, 01º23'E. Almost at once picked up loud diesel HE. Shortly afterwards sighted a type 7 uboat 1000 yards away.
2230 hours - Surfaced for gun action. Fired three rounds at a range of 3500 yards before the uboat dived. The last shot was seen to fall close to the uboat.
2235 hours - Dived and manouvered to attack with torpedoes or to ram. Contact was however soon lost.
4 Aug 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) ends her 11th war patrol at Rosyth.
8 Aug 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) proceeds from Rosyth to Dundee.
9 Aug 1940
HMS Triad (Cdr. E.R.J. Oddie, DSO, RN) is docked at Dundee for a short refit before she is to proceed to the Mediterranean.