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Noteable events involving Truant include:

25 Mar 1940
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Hutchinson, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Edmund Hugo Stinnes 4 (2189 GRT) off Jylland, Denmark in position 56º42'N, 08º04'E. (see map)

9 Apr 1940
Around 1900 hours HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Hutchinson, RN) torpedoes and damages the German light cruiser Karlsruhe (8350 tons) off Kristiansand, Norway in position 57º55'N, 08º14'E. At 2150 hours the Karlsruhe was scuttled with two torpedoes by the German torpedo boat Greif. (see map)

23 May 1940
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) fires two torpedoes against the British merchant Alster (8514 GRT) off the Breidsundet, Norway in position 71º03'N, 24º26'E. Alster was under escort of the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Ullswater (Sub-Lt. D.R. Stavert, RN).

The German merchant Alster was captured in the Vestfjord, north of Bodö, Norway on 10 April 1940 by the British destroyer HMS Icarus (Cdr. C.D. Maud, DSC, RN). Lt.Cdr. Haggard was unaware of this but fortunately both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)

3 Sep 1940
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) intercepts the German merchant Tropic Sea (5781 GRT, former Norwegian Tropic Sea (offsite link) captured by the German armed merchant cruiser Orion in the South Pacific on 18 June 1940). The Tropic Sea is scuttled by the German prize crew in the Bay of Biscay about 235 nautical miles north-west of Cape Finisterre, Spain in position 46º30'N, 11º30'W. (see map)

22 Sep 1940
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Providenza (8459 GRT) about 4 nautical miles south-east of Ischia Island, Italy.

13 Dec 1940
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sebastiano Bianchi (1546 GRT) south of Calabria, Italy in position 37º58'N, 16º15'E. (see map)

16 Dec 1940
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Bonzo (8177 GRT) east of Punta Stilo in position 38º28'N, 16º44'E. (see map)

3 Feb 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Multedo (1143 GRT) north-west of Benghazi, Lybia in position 32º18'N, 19º51'E. (see map)

4 Feb 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) attacks an Italian convoy near Benghazi, Libya with 3 torpedoes. The Italian merchants Utilitas (5310 GRT) and Silvia Tripcovich (2365 BRT) are missed in this attack.

11 Feb 1941
At 1415 hours HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) attacks the Italian merchant Bainsizza (7933 GRT) with gunfire about 45 nautical miles north-north-west of Tripoli, Libya in position 33º32'N, 12º56'E. The target was not hit and Truant was forced to dive by the escort.

At 1634 hours HMS Truant attacked the same ship with 3 torpedoes about 60 nautical miles north-north-west of Tripoli, Libya in position 33º46'N, 12º57'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target. (see map)

19 Mar 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) attacks the small Italian tanker Labor (510 GRT) off Buerat, Libya. All torpedoes fired missed their target.

17 Apr 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser V 62 / Vanna with gunfire off Apollonia, Libya in position 33º00'N, 22º00'E (see map)

21 Apr 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) damages the small Italian tanker Prometeo (1080 GRT) with gunfire off Tripoli, Libya.

6 May 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) torpedoes sinks the Italian passenger/cargo ship Bengasi (1716 GRT) about 3 nautical miles south-east off the Cavoli lighthouse, Sardinia, Italy.

23 Oct 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSC, RN) torpedoes sinks the German merchant Virginia S. (3885 GRT) in the Otranto Strait about 30 nautical miles east of Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy of in position 39º52'N, 19º00'E. The Italian Arborea (4959 GRT) was missed during the same attack. (see map)

31 Oct 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSC, RN) torpedoes sinks the Italian tanker Meteor (1685 GRT) 2 nautical miles south-east of Punta Penna, Ortona, Italy.

7 Dec 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSC, RN) fires two torpedoes against the German merchant Bellona (1297 GRT) off Suda Bay, Crete, Greece. Both torpedoes missed their target.

11 Dec 1941
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSC, RN) torpedoes and heavy damages the Italian torpedo boat Alcione north of Crete in position 35º29'N, 24º11'E. The Alcione is beached and declared a total loss. (see map)

19 Feb 1942
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSC, RN) fires 6 torpedoes against the Japanese light cruiser Nagara (offsite link) north of Bali, Netherlands East Indies. All torpedoes fired missed their target.

1 Apr 1942
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. E.F. Balston, DSO, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ships Yae Maru (6780 GRT) and Shunsei Maru (4939 GRT) in the Malacca Strait about 80 nautical miles west-north-west of Penang, Malaya in position 05º42'N, 98º57'E. (see map)

3 Jul 1942
HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Tamon Maru No.1 (3019 GRT) in the Strait of Malacca in position 03º14'N, 99º48'E. (see map)