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Una (N 87)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U1
Fate: Sold for scrapping on 11th April 1949 at Llanelly.

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Una
Una
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Ex P32

1941 - 5th Flotilla: Portsmouth.
1941-1942 - 8th Flotilla: Gibraltar.
1942-1943 - 10th Flotilla: Malta.

Carried out 17 patrols in the Mediterranean during which time she sank 5 transports of 21,300 GRT.

August 1942 - Landed Commandos in Catania Bay.

November 1942 - Deployed to cover Operation Torch.

April 1943 - Returned to UK for refit.

August 1943 to the end of the war - Employed training A/S forces.

November 1945 - Placed in reserve until sold.

Events

07-05-1940 Laid Down
10-06-1941 Launched
27-09-1941 Completed
12-02-1942 HMS Una torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Luciana about 20 nautical miles north-east of Crotone, Calabria, Italy.
13-03-1942 HMS Una sinks the Italian fishing vessel Maria Immacolata with gunfire 6 nautical miles off Mehedia, Tunisia.
05-04-1942 HMS Una torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ninetto G. about 12 nautical miles south of Capo dell'Armi.
10-09-1942 HMS Una fires torpedoes against the Italian merchant Brioni about 10 nautical miles west of Palaiokhóra, Crete, Greece but missed.
03-10-1942 HMS Una fires torpedoes against a merchant in Lampedusa harbour but torpedoes hit the rocks.
18-10-1942 HMS Una fires torpedoes against the Italian tanker Panuco north of Catania, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes missed the target.
27-11-1942 HMS Una attacked the German merchant Menes with two torpedoes north of the Gulf of Tunis but missed.
01-02-1943 HMS Una damages two sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia. Una had to break off the attack due to gunfire from shore batteries
15-02-1943 HMS Una torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Petrarca about 10 nautical miles north of Crotone, Calabria, Italy.
10-03-1943 HMS Una torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Cosala 7 nautical miles off Punta Stilo, Italy.
Comments

Comment by: Christopher Wright on June 5, 2024

My geandfather Charles Frederick Wright served on this vessel for the duration of WW2.
Later he moved to Mawnan Smith, Cornwall and named his house after this Submarine.

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