Hezlet, Arthur Richard (Oral history)

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British officer served aboard submarine HMS Trident, 2nd Submarine Flotilla in North Sea and Norway, 9/1939-10/1940; commanded submarines HMS Unique and HMS Ursula, 10th Submarine Flotilla in Mediterranean, 8/1941-12/1941; commanded submarine HMS Trident, 2nd Submarine Flotilla in North Sea and off Norway, 3/1942-9/1942; served as instructor with X-craft crews with 12th Submarine Flotilla at HMS Varbel, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, GB, 9/1942-4/1943; commanded HMS Thrasher in GB coastal waters and during X-craft attacks on German battleship Tirpitz in Norway, 5/1943-10/1943; commanded submarine HMS Trenchant, 4th Submarine Flotilla in Indian Ocean and Java Sea, 7/1944-7/1945

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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as first lieutenant aboard submarine HMS Trident, 2nd Submarine Flotilla in North Atlantic, North Sea and Norway, 9/1939-10/1940: reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; submarine's 1st War Patrol off west coast of Ireland, 27/10/1939-11/11/1939; improvements in submarine construction immediately pre-war; apprehensions about diving after HMS Thetis disaster, 6/1939; objectives of North Sea patrols, 2/1940-3/1940; sight of German ships heading north towards Norway, 4/1940; sinking of MV Stedingen (formerly MV Posidonia) off Norway, 8/4/1940; German merchant seamen prisoners of war on board, 4/1940; penetration of Bjørnafjorden, south of Bergen, Norway, 2/5/1940; driving SS Clare Hugo Stinnis I aground, Bjørnafjorden, Norway, 2/5/1940; reaction to possibility of making any noise on diving; operating during 3rd War Patrol off North Cape in Arctic, 12/1939-1/1940; problems with lightness at night; narrow escapes during Norway campaign. Aspects of training on Commanding Officers Qualfying Course (COQC) in GB, 10/1940-12/1940: character of training at Fort Blockhouse, Gosport; manning anti-aircraft guns at Gosport. REEL 2 Continues: command training on River Clyde and with submarine HMS H44, 12/1940-3/1941; embarkation on board submarine HMS Cachalot for passage to Malta, 5/1941 including sight of devastation in Devonport. Recollections of operations commanding submarine HMS Unique, 10th Submarine Flotilla in Mediterranean, 16/8/1941-24/8/1941: role as spare submarine commander in Malta; uneventful patrol in HMS Upholder prior to taking command of HMS Unique, 5/6/1941-17/6/1941; submarine's 13th War Patrol off Tripoli, Libya with submarines HMS P32 and HMS P33; interception of Axis convoy off Tripoli, Libya in which he torpedoed Italian troopship SS Esperia, 20/8/1941; attack by Italian flying boat on submarine, 20/8/1941. Recollections of operations commanding submarine HMS Ursula, 10th Submarine Flotilla in Mediterranean, 9/1941-12/1941: attack on Italian convoy off North Africa in which torpedoes missed, 18/9/1941; damage to Italian merchant ship, SS Beppe, 18/10/1941; question of missing German capital ship break out in English Channel, 2/1945. Aspects of operations commanding submarine HMS Trident, 2nd Submarine Flotilla in North Sea and Arctic, 3/1942-9/1942: taking command; submarine's uneventful 27th War Patrol off northern Norway, 4/1942. REEL 3 Continues: escorting Arctic convoys, 5/1942-7/1942. Aspects of period as instructor of X-craft crews at HMS Varbel, Fort Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, GB and commanding submarine HMS Thrasher in GB coastal waters and during attack on German battleship Tirpitz in Norway, 9/1942-10/1943: opinion of X-craft crews; towing HMS X5 behind HMS Thrasher; question of chances of X-craft's success. Recollections of operations commanding submarine HMS Trenchant, 4th Submarine Flotilla in Indian Ocean and Java Sea, 7/1944-7/1945: capture of Japanese prisoners of war off Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 9/8/1944; behaviour of Japanese prisoners of war on board; transporting commandos of 2nd Special Boat Section to Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 11/9/1944; attempt of commandos to take Indonesian prisoner; 9/1944; sinking of German long range submarine U-859 off Penang, Malaya, 23/9/1944; behaviour of German prisoners of war on board; 4 Inch Naval Gun actions in Malacca Strait including sinking of Imperial Japanese Navy submarine chaser CH-8, 4/3/1945; launching of Chariots 'Tiny' and 'Slasher' at Phukit Harbour, Thailand, 20/10/1944; problems of caring for casualties on board; transporting United States Marine Corps officer to Trincomalee, Ceylon; move of submarine flotilla to Fremantle, Australia, 5/1945. REEL 4 Continues: problems of penetrating Lombok Strait, Dutch East Indies; actions of north coast of Java, Dutch East Indies; order to intercept Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in Bangka Strait, 6/1945; evading Imperial Japanese navy destroyer Kamikaze in Bangka Strait, 8/6/1945; sinking of Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in Bangka Strait, 8/6/1945. Reflections of his service with Submarine Service, 9/1939-7/1945: relations between submarine captain and crew; question of qualities need by a successful submarine captain; attitude towards Japanese and Germans; attitude towards serving in Far East in contrast to Mediterranean; relations with other submarine captains; opinion of German film 'Das Boot' (1981); quality of life in British submarines; standard of health. REEL 5 Continues: question of strain on submariners; quality of submarine crews.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Hezlet, Arthur Richard (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1992-05-14
Dimensions: whole: Duration 130, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 12571

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