| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | T |
| Pennant | N 24 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 Dec, 1937 |
| Launched | 25 Oct, 1938 |
| Commissioned | 4 Jul, 1939 |
| Lost | 10 Apr, 1940 |
| Loss position | 59.00N, 05.00E (See a map) |
| History | HMS Thistle (Lt.Cdr. Wilfrid Frederick Haselfoot, RN) was torpedoed and sunk on 10 April 1940 by the German submarine U-4 about 20 nautical miles west of Stavanger, Norway in position 59º00'N, 05º00'E. HMS Thistle had attacked U-4 the previous day but her torpedoes missed. Hit by U-boat |
| Noteable events involving Thistle include: 9 Apr, 1940 |