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H31
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | H Group 2 |
| Fate: | At the time that the German Battle Cruisers Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen were expected to leave Breast, H31 was sent to form part of a circle of submarines around the French Port. H31 was escorted as far as the Wolfe Rock and left her escort on 19th December 1941. Nothing more was seen or heard of H31 which was presumed lost in the Atlantic along the Northwest Coast of Spain. There were no survivors. |
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Bailey, Joseph Stanley | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 117457 | 24 | |
| CWGC has C/KX 117457 In ADM104/127 P144 Service number is given as C/JX 227846 | ||||
| Bartlett, Edward | Stoker Petty Officer | P/K 65556 | 39 | |
| Benson, Ronald | Ordinary Telegraphist | C/JX 277411 | 22 | |
| CWGC has C/JX 277411 In ADM104/127 P282 Service number is given as C/JX 190448 | ||||
| Campbell, Peter Donald Nathaniel | Sub Lieutenant (RNR) | 28 | ||
| Carson, John Harris | Stoker 2nd Class | P/SKX 224 | 20 | |
| Champion, Charles Henry Bernard | Able Seaman | P/JX 132918 | DSM | 28 |
| Corry, James | Leading Stoker | D/KX 90385 | 30 | |
| Crager, Alfred John | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | C/MX 76209 | 20 | |
| Doughty, Harold | Able Seaman | P/SSX 23412 | 21 | |
| Dowdell, Frank Harold George | Telegraphist | P/JX 161520 | 18 | |
| Ensby, Albert Edward | Able Seaman | D/JX 212952 | 24 | |
| CWGC has D/JX 212952 In ADM104/130 P1209 Service number is given as D/JX 221299 | ||||
| Eynon, Maurice | Lieutenant (RNVR) | 35 | ||
| Fraser, Allan | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 70093 | 23 | |
| Gibbs, Frank Bridger | Lieutenant | MID | 27 | |
| Commanding Officer | ||||
| Goodman, Levi Thomas | Leading Seaman | P/J 67558 | 41 | |
| Grainger, Joseph James | Stoker 2nd Class | D/SKX 1220 | 20 | |
| Harley, William Leonard George | Telegraphist | C/JX 190830 | 25 | |
| Holroyd, Wilfred | Leading Stoker | C/K 64818 | 28 | |
| Hurley, John Bartle | Able Seaman | P/JX 263581 | 20 | |
| CWGC has P/JX 263581 In ADM104/132 P1209 Service number is given as P/JX 203581 | ||||
| Jarvis, Eric Newton | Chief Engine Room Artificer | C/M 38817 | 32 | |
| Jarvis, Kenneth Sylvester | Able Seaman | C/JX 178820 | 23 | |
| Jones, Norman Cyril | Signalman | C/SSX 34101 | 19 | |
| Maynard, Arthur Edward | Able Seaman | C/SSX 32166 | 20 | |
| Merritt, Alexander Ian | Lieutenant (RNZN) | 23 | ||
| Morse, Robert Frederick | Ordinary Signaller | C/JX 233982 | 20 | |
| Munns, Sidney William Thomas | Able Seaman | C/J 91162 | 40 | |
| O'Brien, Wilfred Augustine | Leading Telegraphist | P/J 20699 | 45 | |
| CWGC has O'Brien, Wilfrid Augustine. All other papers WILFRED | ||||
| Richards, John Conway | Able Seaman | P/JX 141477 | 22 | |
| Rollins, Stanley Edward | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 92306 | 21 | |
| Smith, Alexander | Able Seaman | P/JX 154288 | 26 | |
| Spencer, Dennis | Petty Officer | C/JX 126519 | 31 | |
| Stamper, John McGregor | Leading Stoker | C/KX 91029 | 23 | |
| Truckle, Major Thomas | Petty Officer | C/JX 136099 | 33 | |
Events
| 19-04-1917 : | Laid Down |
| 16-11-1918 : | Launched |
| 21-02-1919 : | Completed |
| 18-07-1940 : | Sank UJ-126 in the North Sea |
| 24-12-1941 : | HMS H-31 sunk by mine in Bay of Biscay In December 1941 news was received of a possible break out from Brest, by the German battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen. In expectation of this eight submarines were sent to the area but although the breakout did not take place, H31 failed to return. The submarine had sailed from Falmouth on 19th December. She was requested to signal her position on the 24th but did not do so. |
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| Between 24 April to 13 June and 15 July to 31 August of 1941, HMS H31 was at HMS Ferret Londonderry for A/S Exercises. My Grandfather & Grandmother had a Sailors Home for tea/lunch & the sailors from H31 were among them. My grandmother took it very hard when H31 was reported missing in 1942. They lived above the EBNI showroom in Strabane, Co. Tyrone. Grandfather oversaw the electrical supply to HMS Ferret. He was in the RN from 1915 until 1928 and then the RNR until 1938 Richard Waring Wed, 18 May 2022 |
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