Narwhal (N45)
Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
Build Group: | G2 |
Fate: | Narwhal left Blyth on 22nd July 1940. On the afternoon of 23rd July, an aircraft reported attacking a submarine in the area where Narwhal should have been. Narwhal did not report again, it was assumed this attack sank the submarine with all hands. |
Roll of Honour
Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
Ackery, John Esmond | Engineer Lieutenant | DSC | 27 | |
Ackroyd, John Robert Lindley | Telegraphist | D/J 77746 | 38 | |
Andrews, Thomas Victor | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | C/MX 47587 | 34 | |
Austin, Edward Arthur | Petty Officer | P/J 113448 | 30 | |
Baillie, Alexander | Telegraphist | D/SSX 13658 | 26 | |
Blyth, Charles George | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 86034 | 23 | |
Brooks, Kenneth | Able Seaman | P/JX 136729 | 24 | |
Brown, Alec | Able Seaman | D/JX 127778 | 30 | |
Buckland, Reginald Charles Sandercox | Able Seaman | D/JX 133579 | 26 | |
Burch, Ronald James | Lieutenant Commander | DSO | 33 | |
Commanding Officer | ||||
Burton, John William | Able Seaman | C/JX 128525 | 29 | |
Cordery, Leslie | Leading Seaman | P/JX 139437 | 22 | |
Cringle, John | Sub Lieutenant (RNVR) | 22 | ||
Davis, Herbert James | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 86121 | 24 | |
Daw, Walter Sydney | Signalman | D/J 70501 | 38 | |
Denner, William Frederick James | Chief Petty Officer | D/J 92099 | DSM | 37 |
Duckham, Harry Roy | Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist | D/J 97177 | 35 | |
Earwaker, Alec Edmund Green | Able Seaman | D/J 110566 | 32 | |
Elvin, Herbert Constable | Leading Stoker | C/KX 79616 | 30 | |
Frost, Walter John | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 86539 | 29 | |
Geeling, Edward Joseph | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | EAX 2943 | 27 | |
Golding, Henry Myles | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 61415 | 22 | |
Govier, Frank Deveril | Able Seaman | P/JX 138828 | 22 | |
Grant, Frederick Charles John | Leading Seaman | P/JX 148163 | 28 | |
Green, Charles Sinclair | Lieutenant | DSC | 27 | |
Grey, James William | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | C/MX 46477 | 32 | |
Hearn, Albert Edmund | Petty Officer Steward | P/L 14463 | 35 | |
Henderson, George Murdoch | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | D/MX 54091 | 33 | |
Hendy, William George Roy | Leading Stoker | P/KX 84936 | 27 | |
Horstead, Alfred Augustus | Leading Seaman | P/J 109737 | 31 | |
Huelin, Godfrey John | Leading Seaman | P/J 139939 | MID | 22 |
Jarvis, Albert Henry | Petty Officer | D/J 113881 | 30 | |
Johns, William Henry | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 49194 | 23 | |
Kitching, Henry Charles | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 81233 | 28 | |
Lawson, George | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 89654 | 26 | |
Marchant, William Cyril | Leading Telegraphist | C/JX 134145 | MID | 25 |
Marsden, Harry | Stoker 1st Class | D/SS 121369 | 38 | |
Mitchell, Robert George | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | P/MX 49772 | 29 | |
Moor, John | Able Seaman | D/J 107308 | 32 | |
Newell, Frank | Able Seaman | P/J 108328 | 39 | |
Parish, James Charles | Leading Stoker | C/KX 81304 | MID | 27 |
Prior, Thomas Watson Forster | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 88321 | 22 | |
Quin, Charles George | Leading Seaman | C/JX 128912 | MID | 28 |
Richlieu, Thomas William | Telegraphist | C/SSX 24993 | 19 | |
Robinson, Norman | Petty Officer | D/J 105359 | DSM | 34 |
Ross, Adam | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 77059 | 39 | |
Simnett, Samuel | Leading Seaman | C/JX 130091 | 28 | |
Simpson, Frederick Edward | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 91653 | 21 | |
Smith, Joseph | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 76233 | 32 | |
Stearn, George Richard | Able Seaman | P/J 71576 | 38 | |
Stone, Clifford William | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 82824 | 25 | |
Stubbington, William James | Leading Stoker | P/K 65986 | 34 | |
Twynam, Humfrey Reginald Woodriff | Lieutenant | MID | 23 | |
Twynam, Humfrey Reginald Woodriff has no BMD history. Born Humphrey served as Humfrey as of other documents. | ||||
Vincer, George William | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 80499 | 27 | |
Wells, George Harry | Stoker Petty Officer | P/K 66454 | 36 | |
Whalebone, Frederick John | Chief Petty Officer | C/J 108318 | DSM | 32 |
White, Stafford Radcliffe | Lieutenant Commander | 31 | ||
Wilson, Aleck Neal | Chief Engine Room Artificer | C/M 36173 | MID | 34 |
Wood, Albert John | Petty Officer Cook | P/MX 47058 | 32 | |
Wood, Thomas Daniel | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 82524 | 27 | |
Yates, Richard Michael | Leading Stoker | C/K 62531 | 35 | |
RN DoB 28/09/1904.. Actual 28/09/1905. |
Events
29-05-1934 : | Laid Down |
29-08-1935 : | Launched |
28-02-1936 : | Completed |
04-04-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 1 (50 mines) in the North Sea. |
13-04-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 5 (50 mines) in the Kattegat. |
01-05-1940 : | HMS Narwhal torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Buenos Aires and torpedoes and damages the German troop transport Bahia Castillo in the Kattegat about 20 nautical miles north of Anholt, Denmark. |
01-05-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 6 (50 mines) in the Kattegat. |
11-05-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 12 (50 mines) off Bud, Norway. |
03-06-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 16 (50 mines) off Jaederens Point, Norway. |
12-06-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 19 (50 mines) off Haugesund, Norway. |
04-07-1940 : | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 21 (50 mines) north of Kristiansund, Norway. |
22-07-1940 : | HMS Narwhal left the Humber on 22 July for a minelaying mission off Norway, she fails to return On the afternoon of 23rd July she should have passed through (German) grid square 4856, where an aircraft reported attacking a submarine. This was believed to be Porpoise by the Germans but as Narwhal did not report again, it was assumed this attack sank her. |
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