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H42

Built By: Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne)
Build Group: H Group 2
Fate: Sunk in Collision with HMS Versatile off Gibraltar 23rd March 1922

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Roll of Honour
26
Died: 23-03-1922
Anderson, Herbert Charles  K 24252
Leading Stoker Born: 02-07-1890 Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 31
RN DoB 02/07/1891
Barnard, George Lawrence  K 29260
Stoker 1st Class Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 27
Blackwell, Arthur William  272345
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 38
Cant, Athol Hazel  J 34995
Leading Telegraphist Born: 20-07-1897 Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 24
RN DoB 20/07/1898
Dale, Samuel George  J 98338
Boy 1st Class Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 17
Davis, Montague Edward  J 85592
Leading Telegraphist Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 19
Fookes, Charles William  K 21909
Stoker 1st Class Born: 24-03-1895 Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 26
RN DoB 19/11/1895
Fowler, Richard  M 4712
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 30
Gamblen, Cyril  J 15398
Leading Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 25
Hansford, James George  308223
Stoker Petty Officer Born: 14-05-1884 Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 37
RN DoB 14/05/1886
Harris, Walter George  K 18681
Stoker 1st Class Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 27
Harvey, Edward James  J 10580
Leading Signalman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 27
Hazel, William Josiah  J 11956
Able Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 26
Hooper, Alwin Septimus  J 14872
Able Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 28
Kean, George James  J 15564
Able Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 25
McDonald, Donald  M 7995
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 23
Oswell, Thomas Murray 
Lieutenant Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 23
Parsons, George Washington  J 1878
Able Seaman Born: 14-09-1891 Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 30
RN DoB 14/09/1892
Pearce, William Arthur  J 17236
Able Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 25
Penney, Ernest  J 9617
Petty Officer Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 28
Porch, Robet Emery  J 12072
Petty Officer Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 28
Porter, Albert Ernest  J 98344
Ordinary Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 18
Price, James Charles Woolmer  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 24
Rickard, George Henry  J 13668
Able Seaman Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 26
Sealy, Douglas Carteret  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Smart, Henry John  K 18164
Stoker 1st Class Born: 24-02-1888 Died: 23-03-1922 Aged: 34
RN DoB 24/02/1890

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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