H42
| Built By: | Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | H Group 2 |
| Fate: | Sunk in Collision with HMS Versatile off Gibraltar 23rd March 1922 |
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Anderson, Herbert Charles | Leading Stoker | K 24252 | 30 | |
| RN DoB 02/07/1891. Actual 02/07/1890 | ||||
| Barnard, George Lawrence | Stoker 1st Class | K 29260 | 27 | |
| Blackwell, Arthur William | Chief Engine Room Artificer | 272345 | 38 | |
| Cant, Athol Hazel | Leading Telegraphist | J 34995 | 23 | |
| RN DoB 20/07/1898. Actual 20/07/1897 | ||||
| Dale, Samuel George | Boy 1st Class | J 98338 | 17 | |
| Davis, Montague Edward | Leading Telegraphist | J 85592 | 19 | |
| Fookes, William | Stoker 1st Class | K 21909 | 26 | |
| At birth Fookes, Charles William Served as Fookes, William. RN DoB 19/11/1895. Actual 24/03/1895 | ||||
| Fowler, Richard | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | M 4712 | 30 | |
| Gamblen, Cyril | Leading Seaman | J 15398 | 25 | |
| Hansford, James George | Stoker Petty Officer | 308223 | 35 | |
| RN DoB 14/05/1886. Actual 14/05/1884 | ||||
| Harris, Walter George | Stoker 1st Class | K 18681 | 27 | |
| Harvey, Edward James | Leading Signalman | J 10580 | 27 | |
| Hazel, William Josiah | Able Seaman | J 11956 | 26 | |
| Hooper, Alwin Septimus | Able Seaman | J 14872 | 28 | |
| Kean, George James | Able Seaman | J 15564 | 25 | |
| McDonald, Donald | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | M 7995 | 23 | |
| Oswell, Thomas Murray | Lieutenant | 23 | ||
| Parsons, George Washington | Able Seaman | J 1878 | 29 | |
| RN DoB 14/09/1892. Actual 14/09/1891 | ||||
| Pearce, William Arthur | Able Seaman | J 17236 | 25 | |
| Penney, Ernest | Petty Officer | J 9617 | 28 | |
| Porch, Robet Emery | Petty Officer | J 12072 | 28 | |
| Porter, Albert Ernest | Ordinary Seaman | J 98344 | 18 | |
| Price, James Charles Woolmer | Lieutenant | DSC | 24 | |
| Rickard, George Henry | Able Seaman | J 13668 | 26 | |
| Sealy, Douglas Carteret | Lieutenant | DSC | 30 | |
| Commanding Officer | ||||
| Smart, Henry John | Stoker 1st Class | K 18164 | 32 | |
| RN DoB 24/02/1890. Actual 24/02/1888 | ||||
Events
| 01-09-1917 : | Laid Down |
| 21-10-1918 : | Launched |
| 01-05-1919 : | Completed |
| 23-03-1922 : | Sunk in Collision with HMS Versatile off Gibraltar As part of the 3rd Submarine Flotilla H42 had spent Christmas 1921 in Portsmouth before sailing in January 1922 for exercises in the Mediterranean. H42 surfaced just off Gibraltar 120 yards in front of the destroyer HMS Versatile who at that time was cruising at 20 knots. The Destroyer was unable to take avoiding action and ploughed into the submarine almost slicing her in two. |
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