HMS/m SEA NYMPH
Pennant Number: P223
Built: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid Down: 1941 Commissioned July 1942
Length 217 feet Beam 23.5 feet
Crew 48
Scrapped June 1948 at Troon
Members Past and Present who served on Sea Nymph:-
Jim Thomsett
In September 1943 Sea Nymph was one of the towing submarines for the raid on the German Battleship Tirpitz.
Under the command of Lt. J Oakley she towed X8. This was not a successful mission for Sea Nymph.
First the tow parted and although X8 was again taken in tow, a more serious problem was to follow.
The towing crew were forced to release both explosive charges. One of these then exploded damaging the craft.
X8 was scuttled and the towing crew taken back on board Sea Nymph.