| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | T |
| Pennant | N 63 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 May 1938 |
| Launched | 31 Oct 1939 |
| Commissioned | 20 Jun 1940 |
| Lost | 10 Mar 1943 |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. George Robson Colvin, DSC, RN) left Malta on 18 February 1943 to patrol SW of Naples. She failed to return to Algiers on 10 March 1943 and was declared overdue on that date. Tigris was most likely sunk on 27 February by the German submarine chaser UJ-2210 6 nautical miles south-east of Isola di Capri, Italy. Commanding officers: Lt.Cdr. Lennox William Napier, RN Lt.Cdr. George Robson Colvin, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Tigris (N 63)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Howard Francis Bone, RN | 6 Mar 1940 | 19 Jan 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Lennox William Napier, RN | 19 Jan 1942 | 15 Apr 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. George Robson Colvin, RN | 15 Apr 1942 | 10 Mar 1943 (+) |
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Noteable events involving Tigris include:
Each year there is an annual Remembrance Service for the submarine and the crew lost at St Nicolas Churh, Newbury, Berks, England on on the Sunday nearest the 27 February. The submarine was adopted by Newbury during World War II.
1 Sep 1940
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, RN) sinks the French fishing vessel Sancte Michael (168 GRT) with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay near Brest, France.
2 Sep 1940
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, RN) attacks the German submarine U-58 with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay about 30 nautical miles south-west of Lorient, France in position 47º29'N, 04º04'W. All torpedoes fired missed their target. U-58 had departed Lorient that day. (see map)
5 Oct 1940
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, RN) attacks a submarine with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. This might have been the Italian submarine Otario.
16 Oct 1940
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, RN) sinks the French fishing vessel Cimcour (250 GRT) with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay in position 45º44'N, 03º45'W.
2 Nov 1940
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, RN) fires two torpedoes against the Italian submarine Veniero in the Bay of Biscay of the Gironde estuary. Both torpedoes missed their target.
12 Nov 1940
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, RN) sinks the French fishing vessel Charles Edmond (301 GRT) with gunfire about 70 nautical miles west of the Gironde estuary in position 45º41'N, 02º57'W. (see map)
12 Feb 1941
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French fishing vessel Rene Camaleyre (243 GRT) in the Bay of Biscay about 5 nautical miles east of Biarritz, France in position 43º30'N, 01º42'W. (see map)
19 Feb 1941
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Jacobsen (523 GRT) off Bayonne and the French merchant Guilvinec (3273 GRT) about 90 nautical miles south-west of the mouth of the Gironde estuary in position 44º48'N, 03º01'W. (see map)
2 Apr 1941
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN)
torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Thorn (5486 GRT) about 25 nautical miles west off the Loire estuary.
5 Jul 1941
The Italian submarine Michele Bianchi (offsite link) is torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, France in approximate position 45º03'N, 04º01'W by the British submarine HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN).
At 0941 hours the officer of the watch, Lt. N.J. Coe, RNR, sighted what he thought was a surface vessel escorted by two trawler. Cdr. Bone was called to the control room. Three minutes later the target was identified as an Italian submarine. Tigris turned to close the target at high speed.
At 0958 hours six torpedoes were fired from 3000 yards. After nearly three minutes two hits were heard.
At 1014 hours Cdr. Bone want to surface to investigate the area for survivors but a Ju-88 aircraft was seen to approach. Cdr. Bone took Tigris deep. (see map)
17 Aug 1941
HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian passenger / cargo ship Haakon Jarl (1492 BRT, offsite link) near Sværholt, Norway in position 71º03'N, 26º43'E. (see map)
13 Sep 1941
HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Richard With (905 BRT) off the Rolvsoy Fjord about 11 nautical miles north-east of Hammerfest, Norway in position 70º50'N, 23º57'E. (see map)
15 Sep 1941
HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) fires four torpedoes against the German merchant Bessheim (1774 GRT) in Lopphavet, Norway. All torpedoes missed their target.
17 Sep 1941
HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) fires four torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 3000 tons in a German convoy in Lopphavet about 10 nautical miles west of Loppa Island, Norway in position 70º21'N, 21º10'E. All four torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
26 Sep 1941
HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) torpedoes and heavily damages the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1201 (527 GRT) off the Rolvsoy Fjord. The front part of this German ship sinks but the stern is towed to port and the ship is rebuilt end enters service again in April 1944.
14 Oct 1941
HMS Tigris (Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) attacks a convoy off the Laksfjord in position 71º03'N, 27º10'E. Tigris fired three torpedoes but missed the Norwegian merchants Mimona (1147 GRT), Tugela (5559 GRT) and Havbris (1316 GRT) (all offsite links). (see map)
6 Dec 1942
The Italian submarine Porfido was torpedoed and sunk about 90 nautical miles north-north-east off Bone (Annaba), Algeria in position 38º10'N, 08º35'E by the British submarine HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. G.R. Colvin, RN). (see map)
21 Jan 1943
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. G.R. Colvin, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Genova (5413 GRT) in the Strait of Otranto about 25 nautical miles west of Saseno Island in position 40º32'N, 18º45'E. (see map)