H31
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | H Group 2 |
| Fate: | Sunk by German patrol vessels off the Dutch Coast or mined in Bay Biscay 24 Dec 1941 |
Roll of Honour
| J Bailey | Stoker 1st Class | ||
| P Campbell | Sub-Lieutenant | RNR | |
| J Carson | Stoker 2nd Class | ||
| C Champion | Able Seaman | ||
| A Crager | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | ||
| F Dowdell | Telegraphist | ||
| A Ensby | Able Seaman | ||
| A Fraser | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| F Gibbs | Lieutenant | ||
| L Goodman | Leading Seaman | ||
| J Grainger | Stoker 2nd Class | ||
| W Harley | Telegraphist | ||
| W Holroyd | Leading Stoker | ||
| J Hurley | Able Seaman | ||
| N Jones | Signalman | ||
| A Maynard | Able Seaman | ||
| A Merritt | Lieutenant | ||
| R Morse | Ordinary Signaller | ||
| S Rollins | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||
| P Spencer | Petty Officer | ||
| M Truckle | Petty Officer |
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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