Richard Prendergast Raikes DSO, RN
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Warship Commands listed for Richard Prendergast Raikes, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Tribune (N 76) | Lt. | Submarine | 23 Aug 1941 | 8 Oct 1941 |
| HMS Seawolf (N 47) | Lt. | Submarine | 9 Oct 1941 | Aug 1942 |
| HMS Tuna (N 94) | Lt. | Submarine | 24 Aug 1942 | 15 Mar 1943 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Tribune (N 76)
1 Oct 1941
HMS Tribune (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Blyth for Wallsend. She is finally able to start her refit at the Swan Hunter shipyard.
Submarine HMS Seawolf (N 47)
22 Nov 1941
HMS Seawolf (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) claims to have sunk the Norwegian merchant Bessheim (1774 GRT) off the Syltefjord. This can however not be the case as Bessheim was mined and sunk the previous day off Hammerfest. HMS Seawolf probably attacked another merchant.
6 Mar 1942
HMS Seawolf (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) sighted the German battleship Tirpitz along with her escorting destroyers Paul Jacobi, Friedrich Ihn, Hermann Schoemann and Z-25. The German ships had sailed from Trondheim, Norway with the intention to attack convoy PQ-12.
Submarine HMS Tuna (N 94)
14 Sep 1942
With her refit completed HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Blyth for Holy Loch to start the work-up period for her 2nd commission.
19 Sep 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) arrives at Holy Loch for her work-up period along the Scottish West coast.
23 Oct 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Holy Loch for her 15th war patrol. This is the first patrol of her 2nd commission and therefore a work-up patrol off the Norwegian Coast (to intercept the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer that is on passage from Northern Norway to Germany) and in the Norwegian Sea (to give cover for the passage of 36 merchant ships to and from Murmansk).
For the daily and attack positions of HMS Tuna during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Tuna 15th war patrolclick here for bigger map
25 Oct 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) makes a short call at Lerwick before proceeding on patrol.
6 Nov 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) fires two salvoes of three torpedoes each against the German submarine U-625 in position 76º08'N, 14º05'E. Both salvoes missed their target.
(All times are zone -1)
0154 hours - Sighted a German U-boat bearing 120 degrees. Turned towards and started attack.
0204 hours - Fired three torpedoes but the enemy was seen to increase speed so at ......
0206 hours - Fired three more torpedoes but now the enemy changed course so all torpedoes fired missed their target.
Dived so not giving the enemy the opportunity for a counter attack.
Note: the attacks were not noted by the Germans.
16 Nov 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) ends her 15th war patrol at Lerwick.
17 Nov 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Lerwick for Holy Loch.
19 Nov 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) arrives at Holy Loch.
30 Nov 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Holy Loch for her 16th war patrol. She is to perform a special operation in the Bay of Biscay. Before she departs for patrol exercises were carried out in Inchmarnock Water.
For the daily positions of HMS Tuna during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Tuna 16th war patrolclick here for bigger map
7 Dec 1942
During the evening of 7 December 1942 HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) delivered the "Cockleshell Heroes" to the mouth of the Gironde for their daring raid on Bordeaux, France in which 6 German ships were mined. The raid was called Operation Frankton, and only two of the 12 men returned.
13 Dec 1942
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) ends her 16th war patrol at Plymouth. She is to be refitted at Devonport Dockyard including the fitting of radar.
26 Jan 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Plymouth for Holy Loch.
29 Jan 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) arrives at Holy Loch.
25 Feb 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Holy Loch for her 17th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Norwegian Coast.
For the daily positions of HMS Tuna during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Tuna 17th war patrolclick here for bigger map
12 Mar 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) ends her 17th war patrol at Lerwick.
13 Mar 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) departs Lerwick bound for Holy Loch.
14 Mar 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt. R.P. Raikes, RN) arrives at Holy Loch.