John Charles Young Roxburgh DSO, DSC, RN
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| Ranks
Retired: 3 Oct 1972 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for John Charles Young Roxburgh, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 43 (N 43) | Lt. | Submarine | 10 Aug 1942 | 16 Sep 1942 |
| HMS United (P 44) | Lt. | Submarine | 7 Dec 1942 | 30 Dec 1943 |
| HMS Tapir (P 335) | Lt. | Submarine | 4 Oct 1944 | 12 Feb 1946 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS United (P 44)
17 Jan 1943
HMS United (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian destroyer Bombardiere (1654 tons) about 20 nautical miles north-west of Isola Marettimo, Sicily, Italy in position 38º15'N 11º43'E.
14 Jun 1943
HMS United (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Ste Marguerite (5155 GRT, built 1902, former Norwegian Ringulv, offsite link) one nautical mile south of Capo del Armi in position 37º54'N, 15º42'E.
At 1145 hours (time zone -2) a merchant of about 5000 tons was sighted escorted by a torpedo boat and with two aircraft overhead. An attack was commenced.
At 1236 hours 4 torpedoes were fired from 900 yards. 2 hits were obtained and the merchant sank within 5 minutes. After firing the torpedoes Lt. Roxburgh took United down to 120 feet.
From 1242 hours to 1318 hours United was counter attacked by the escorting torpedo boat. In all 20 depth charges were dropped. Close enough to break some 20 lights aboard United.
At 1416 Lt. Roxburgh came up to periscope depth. Nothing was in sight except for an aircraft that was circling at the place of the attack. United retreated to the south-west.
20 Jun 1943
HMS United (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Olbia (3514 GRT, built 1929) about 20 nautical miles south of Cape Spartivento, Italy in position 37º35'N, 16º05'E.
At 1442 hours HMS United spots an unescorted merchant ship. An attack was commenced. At 1513 hours four torpedoes were fired from 900 yards. Three hits were claimed by the British.
15 Jul 1943
The Italian (transport) submarine Remo (1332 tons, built 1943, offsite link) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Taranto in position 39º19'N, 17º30'E by the British submarine HMS United (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxburgh, DSC, RN).
At 1809 hours (time zone -2) a very small object was sighted about 4 nautical miles away. At 1814 hours the object was identified as a submarine. Lt. Roxburgh manouvered United into attack position. At 1825 the submarine was identified as being Italian.
At 1831 hours four torpedoes were fired from 500 yards. Two hits were obtained. Shortly after the second torpedo hit the stern of the submarine rose out of the water at a 60 degree angle and she sank in four seconds. At 1836 hours four survivors were seen swimming in the water. At 1849 hours United surfaced and picked them up. The survivors turned out to be the Commanding Officer, a midshipsman (who was the ships Navigating Officer) and two seamen.
Submarine HMS Tapir (P 335)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) departs her builders yard at Barrow for Holy Loch.
29 Dec 1944
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) arrives at Holy Loch for a period of trials and training.
23 Jan 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) is docked at Holy Loch.
25 Jan 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) is undocked.
2 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) departs Holy Loch for Lerwick.
4 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) arrives at Lerwick.
5 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) departs Lerwick for her 1st war patrol. She is to patrol off the Norwegian West coast, just North of Bergen.
For the daily and attack positions of HMS Tapir during this patrol see the map below.
HMS Tapir 1st war patrol click here for bigger map
6 Apr 1945
At 2200 hours (time zone -2) sighted were taken aboard HMS Turpin (A/Lt.Cdr. J.S. Stevens, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN). Turpin was to be on patrol to the South of Tapir. It has not been possible to take sights for several days due to fog. Turpin was found to be badly out of place. She is more then 20 nautical miles to the North of where she was supposed to patrol.
Shortly afterwards contact was made with HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) in which patrol area Turpin now actually was.
Turpin then proceeded to her own patrol area of the Kors Fjord.
12 Apr 1945
The German submarine U-486 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, Norway, in position 60º44'N, 04º40'E by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN).
(All times are zone -2)
0730 hours - Strange HE was picked up on Asdic. This was thought to be a snorkelling u-boat.
0749 hours - A German submarine was seen to surface in position 60º45'N, 04º40'E.
0753 hours - In position 60º44'N, 04º40'E fired 6 torpedoes (8 was intended) from 3200 yards. The 6th and 8th torpedo of the salvo failed to fire.
0755 hours - One hit was observed on the enemy submarine which blew up and was seen to disintegrate. A huge column of brown smoke arose to some 500 feet in the air. Breaking up noises were heard on the Asdic and after the smoke had cleared nothing more could be seen.
16 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) ends her 1st war patrol at Lerwick.
22 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) departs Lerwick for Holy Loch.
24 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) arrives at Holy Loch.
30 Apr 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) is docked at Holy Loch.
2 May 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) is undocked.
6 May 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) departs Holy Loch for Gibraltar. This is the first leg of the trip to the Far East.
For the daily positions of HMS Tapir during this passage see the map below.
HMS Tapir passage Holy Loch (U.K.) - Fremantle (Australia) click here for bigger map
15 May 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) arrives at Gibraltar. She departs for Malta after a few hours.
20 May 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC, RN) arrives at Malta.
19 Jun 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Malta for Port Said.
23 Jun 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Port Said.
24 Jun 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Port Said, transits the Suez Canal and proceeds towards Aden.
29 Jun 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Aden.
2 Jul 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Aden for Trincomalee.
13 Jul 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Trincomalee.
15 Jul 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) is docked at Trincomalee.
17 Jul 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) is undocked.
8 Aug 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) is put on the slipway at Fremantle.
9 Aug 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) is put back in the water.
5 Sep 1945
HMS Tapir (Lt. J.C.Y. Roxbourgh, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Fremantle to visit Portland. The ship will be open to visitors during this goodwill tour.