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• HMS Oxley.

Dundee Harbour was, from August to October 1939, the war station of the Royal Navy’s 2nd Submarine Flotilla. From April 1940 to May 1945, it was the base of the 9th Submarine Flotilla, a unique international force of British, Dutch, Free French, Norwegian and Polish crews. Russian submarine crews were also based in Dundee in the summer of 1944. Six submarines and 296 sailors and commandos were lost on war operations from Dundee. Dedicated in 2009, Dundee International Submarine Memorial honours the gallantry of all the British, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish and Russian submariners who sailed from the River Tay during the Second World War and commemorates the 296 who are ‘Still on Patrol’. Sunk in error by HMS Triton on 10 September 1939. Fifty-three of her crew lost, two survivors.
• HMS Thames. Lost, probably in a German minefield, early in August 1940 after attacking the German battlecruiser Gneisenau. All 62 crew lost.
• Dutch O-13. Lost, possibly in a German minefield, during a patrol in the North Sea in June 1940. All 31 Dutch and three British crew killed.
• Dutch O-22. Lost, probably in a a German minefield, while on patrol off south-west Norway in November 1940. All 42 Dutch and three British crew killed. Wreck discovered 40 miles off the Norwegian coast in 1993.
• Norwegian Uredd. Sunk by a German mine while on patrol near Bodø in February 1943. All 32 Norwegian and three British crew lost along with six Kompani Linge commandos and one MI6 agent in transit to occupied Norway. Wreck discovered in Fugløy Fjord in 1985 and is now a designated war grave.
• Soviet B-1 (ex-HMS Sunfish). Sailed from Dundee to join the Soviet Northern Fleet, sunk in error by the RAF off the coast of Norway on 27 July 1944. All 50 Soviet and one British crew lost. Also commemorated on the memorial.
• Free French submarine Rubis. One man lost overboard while returning through an enemy minefield after the submarine was heavily damaged during an attack on an enemy convoy off Norway in 1941.
• Operation Musketoon. Raiding party landed in occupied Norway by the Dundee-based Free French submarine Junon. One commando fatally injured during an attack on a power station in Glomfjord. Seven other commandos taken prisoner and later executed at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Dundee International Submarine Memorial was jointly commissioned by the Unicorn Property Group and Dundee City Council.

15/09/2026

And more from BFBS.

A British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) news item on the 2026 international service at the memorial.
15/09/2026

A British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) news item on the 2026 international service at the memorial.

Those who have given their lives while serving in the Submarine Service have been remembered at a service in Dundee

International Remembrance Service, 12 September 2026.
12/09/2026

International Remembrance Service, 12 September 2026.

Just a reminder that the annual remembrance service commemorating the 296 Dundee-based submariners and commandos who are...
04/09/2026

Just a reminder that the annual remembrance service commemorating the 296 Dundee-based submariners and commandos who are Still on Patrol will take place at the memorial at 1100 on Saturday, 12 September 2026.

Great occasion!!
05/06/2026

Great occasion!!

A truly extraordinary gathering today at Dundee International Submarine Memorial with a visit by more than 120 delegates...
28/05/2026

A truly extraordinary gathering today at Dundee International Submarine Memorial with a visit by more than 120 delegates attending the International Submariners Association 61st Annual Congress in Edinburgh. Countries represented at a service of remembrance included Argentina, Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, India, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. Thank you all for visiting our memorial and commemorating the 296 Allied sailors and commandos from HMS Ambrose, Dundee's wartime submarine base, who are Still on Patrol.

19/03/2026

For all those interested the date for the next Dundee Memorial Service is 12th September 2026 at 11.00 am at the Memorial at the Quay site in Dundee!

News from the Netherlands Submarine Service on memorial services at Den Helder and Dundee. Also a visit to the wreck of ...
15/12/2025

News from the Netherlands Submarine Service on memorial services at Den Helder and Dundee. Also a visit to the wreck of the O-22 lost with all 42 Dutch and British crew while on patrol from Dundee in November 1940. And more on the continuing search for O-13 lost with all 34 Dutch and British crew while on patrol from Dundee in June 1940.

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