HMS Trooper (N91)
HMS "Trooper" (N91) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched in March 1942. Career. "Trooper" spent most of her short career serving in the Mediterranean. She sank the Italian tanker "Rosario", the Italian merchant ship "Forli", a sailing vessel and the . She also damaged two other enemy vessels, and unsuccessfully attacked the Italian merchant "Belluno" (the former French "Fort de France"). On her first operation, she took part in Operation Principal, which used human torpedoes to sink Italian ships in Palermo harbour. "Trooper" sailed from Beirut  on 26 September 1943, on her 8th War Patrol to cover in the Aegean Sea off the Dodecanese islands. On 14 October she challenged Levant Schooner Flotilla F8 off Alinda Bay, Leros. She failed to return on 17 October and was reported overdue on that day. She is presumed lost on German mines around Leros. The Germans claimed that "Trooper" was sunk by Q-ship "GA.45" on 15 October 1943. The submarine "GA-45" attacked was actually HMS "Torbay" which escaped undamaged.