HMSAS GAMTOOS, 1942-1945 -A SOUTH AFRICAN SALVAGE VESSEL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

摘要

On the evening of 18 December 1941, the Italian submarine, Scire, operating a short distance off Alexandria Harbour, Egypt, in the Mediterranean, successfully launched three electrically-driven human torpedoes of the 10th Light Flotilla, each manned by a crew of two seated across the torpedo. In the early hours of 19 December, the human torpedoes, nearing Alexandria, followed in the wake of HMS Harrow. This was the last vessel in a fleet of minesweepers commanded by Lieutenant L A J Keeble, RNVR (SA), which was entering Alexandria Harbour.