This book is a tribute to submariner William G Barnett DSM RN. and all the wartime officers and men of the Royal Navy Submarine Service, who through their courage and determination, often which was suffered under atrocious conditions fought against evil, and for the freedom of Great Britain all through World War II. “Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the sub Mariner.” Sir Winston Churchill The fighting tenth. “How would prosperity and the youth of Britain remember my men who had died in such a desperate battle? UNLESS they were told the story they would have nothing to remember”. Rear – Admiral G.W.G.Simpson, CB, CBE captain of the 10th submarine flotilla, Malta, GC, 1941 – 1943