Interview with Philip Stewart Francis

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British officer served aboard submarine HMS Otus on China Station, 1931-1933; commanded submarine HMS Spearfish in GB coastal waters, 1937-1938; commanded submarine HMS Talisman, 2nd Submarine Flotilla in GB coastal waters and North Atlantic, 3/1940-3/1941; commanded submarine HMS Proteus, 1st Submarine Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 5/1941-6/1942

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REEL 1 Background in GB, 1908-1922: family; education. Aspects of period as midshipman and officer with Royal Navy, 1922-1931: education at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; period as midshipman aboard HMS Ramilles; later duties as turret officer aboard HMS Repulse, 1939; reasons for volunteering for Submarine Service. Aspects of period as torpedo officer aboard submarine HMS Otus on China Station, 1931-1933: appointment to ship; anti-piracy patrols; social life in Hong Kong; story of sailing his yacht Tai Mo Shan back to GB, 1933-1934. REEL 2 Continues: recouping cost of journey from sale of yacht Tai Mo Shan and royalties; appointment to HMS Rowena on return to GB, 1934-1936. Aspects of period commanding submarine HMS Spearfish in GB coastal waters, 1937-1938: appointment to command submarine; reasons why night exercises considered dangerous. Recollections of operations commanding submarine HMS Talisman, 2nd Submarine Flotilla in GB coastal waters and North Atlantic, 1/3/1940-5/3/1941: reasons for loss of submarine HMS Thetis in Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea, 1/6/1939; 1st War Patrol in Bay of Biscay, 14/7/1940-14/8/1940; torpedo tube problems; under attack from Junkers Ju 88s west off Lands End, GB, 29/7/1940. Recollections of operations commanding HMS Proteus, 1st Submarine Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 15/5/1941-29/6/1942: reasons for being based in Alexandria, Egypt. REEL 3 Continues: story of ramming of submarine by Italian destroyer Sagittario, 8/2/1942; appointment to staff 1st Submarine Flotilla at Beirut, Lebanon after return of submarine to GB, 7/1942; effects of sinking of submarine depot ship, HMS Medway by submarine U-372 off Alexandria, Egypt, 30/6/1942; sight of arrival of tanker SS Ohio in Malta, 8/1942; depth charge attacks aboard HMS Proteus; attitude to submarine service; relations amongst submarine crew; living conditions on board submarine. Reflections of service with Royal Navy, 1922-1958: participation in voyage with Duke and Duchess of York to Australia aboard HMS Renown, 1927; marriage, 1939. REEL 4 Continues: service on China Station, 1930s; social activities in Hong Kong; submarine pay; composition of submarine's crew; memories of Anthony Miers and David Wanklyn; firing torpedoes from submarines; memories of Rear Admiral Ben Bryant; post-war Pacific cruise; retirement, 1958.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Interwar (content), Second World War (content), Interwar (association), Second World War (association), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Giesler, Rodney William Aldous (Recorder)
Francis, Philip Stewart (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1998-11-19
Dimensions: whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 18090

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