Charles Alexander Rowe, RN
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| Died | 16 Jun 1940 | HMS Grampus | |
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Warship Commands listed for Charles Alexander Rowe, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Grampus (N 56) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 1 Sep 1939 | 16 Jun 1940 (+) |
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Submarine HMS Grampus (N 56)
10 Jun 1940
At 2345 hours HMS Grampus (Lt.Cdr. C.A. Rowe, RN) departs Malta for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the East coast of Sicily. She is also to lay a minefield of Augusta. She is to depart her patrol area at 1930 hours on the 16th and return to Malta (later this is amended to Alexandria).
13 Jun 1940
HMS Grampus (Lt.Cdr. C.A. Rowe, RN) laid a minefield (50 mines) off Augusta, Sicily, Italy.
At 1930/13 June Grampus sends a signal confirming that she had completed her minelaying operation (50 mines believed laid in position 036° - Castello Maniace Light - 2' [line of 2 miles North-South centered on this point] (NE of Augusta in searched channel).
Earlier on this day, at about 0700 hours, the Italian submarine Giovanni Bausan (Capitano di Corvetta Francesco Murzi) that was returning to Augusta reports being missed by a torpedo which passed 10 meters ahead in position 090 degrees, Capo San Croce (Augusta), 3 nautical miles. If this attack is genuine (quite a few attacks reported in the early stages of the war were probably porpoises instead of torpedo tracks) it is quite likely that the aggressor was HMS Grampus and that multiple torpedoes were fired in this attack (only one torpedo was observed).
14 Jun 1940
At 0410 hours the torpedo-boat Polluce returning from an A/S sweep with Circe, Clio and Calliope reports a torpedo track which passed 100 meters ahead in a position close to the entrance of Syracuse.
If this is correct the attacker must have been HMS Grampus.