P514
| Built By: | Union Iron Works (USA) |
| Build Group: | R (USS) |
| Fate: | In an appalling case of mistaken identity, the boat was rammed and sunk by a Canadian convoy escort HMC MS Georgian off Newfoundland, 21st June 1942 |
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Allen, Ronald William | Able Seaman | P/JX 157893 | 24 | |
| Bakis, Francis | Stoker 2nd Class | D/KX 134670 | 19 | |
| Barnes, Anthony Frederick | Stoker 2nd Class | C/KX 132331 | 20 | |
| Barron, Thomas | Leading Signalman | C/JX 145688 | 22 | |
| Battensby, Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 114345 | 32 | |
| Beal, George | Able Seaman | P/JX 204924 | 19 | |
| Bennett, Norman Cyril | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 68816 | 30 | |
| Bentley, Claude Albert | Lieutenant (RNR) | 26 | ||
| Binns, James Landless | Stoker Petty Officer | C/KX 87964 | MID | 24 |
| Black, Bruce James | Stoker Petty Officer | C/KX 75061 | 34 | |
| Bowden, Harry Henwood | Petty Officer | D/JX 140944 | 24 | |
| Burgess, Reginald Francis | Petty Officer | P/J 113499 | 33 | |
| Carter, Richard Harold | Petty Officer Telegraphist | C/JX 139509 | 25 | |
| Chambers, Arthur William Stanley | Able Seaman | C/J 95485 | 38 | |
| Curran, Edward | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 115867 | 34 | |
| Curran, Edward C/KX 115867 DoB 04/01/1908 Age 34 CWGC has Age 40 | ||||
| Dawson, William John | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 134744 | 19 | |
| Dickson, George | Leading Stoker | P/KX 84898 | 26 | |
| England, Leonard Nelson | Able Seaman | D/SSX 20438 | 22 | |
| Gillan, James | Leading Seaman | P/JX 144930 | 23 | |
| Goodwin, Herbert | Able Seaman | D/JX 204300 | 22 | |
| Gray, John | Stoker Petty Officer | P/K 58483 | 46 | |
| Holt, Frank | Able Seaman | D/JX 200550 | 24 | |
| James, Ronald Stanley | Leading Stoker | C/KX 90535 | 27 | |
| Laing, George | Able Seaman | P/JX 272526 | 31 | |
| Lidstone, Albert | Ordinary Seaman | P/JX 200114 | 21 | |
| Magill, James Flevalle | Engineer Lieutenant (RCNR) | 44 | ||
| Mason, George Robert | Able Seaman | C/JX 235233 | 21 | |
| McAlister, James | Petty Officer | P/SSX 15157 | 27 | |
| McDowall, James Ronald | Leading Stoker | P/KX 85957 | 26 | |
| Milford, John Rose | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 85065 | 25 | |
| Murray, Robert | Stoker 2nd Class | D/KX 134458 | 20 | |
| Musgrave, Arthur | Telegraphist | D/SSX 31922 | 22 | |
| Pain, Richard Michael Eames | Lieutenant Commander | 32 | ||
| Patterson, Hugh | Telegraphist | D/JX 156607 | 20 | |
| Phillimore, Walter Augustus | Lieutenant | 26 | ||
| Powell, Richard William Walter | Able Seaman | P/SSX 25448 | 22 | |
| Steele, Jack Maurice | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 73576 | 21 | |
| Birth register Steele, James M. Served as Steele, Jack Maurice | ||||
| Tall, Cyril | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | D/MX 49836 | 30 | |
| Taylor, Joseph | Lieutenant (RNR) | 29 | ||
| Ward, Frederick Charles | Telegraphist | C/JX 157848 | 22 | |
| Wilson, David Reginald | Able Seaman | C/JX 152747 | 21 | |
| Worlock, William Henry Gilbert | Able Seaman | P/JX 127791 | 31 | |
Events
| 23-06-1917 : | Laid Down |
| 28-01-1918 : | Launched |
| 09-03-1942 : | USS R-19 was transferred to the Royal Navy at New London. |
| 09-03-1942 : | Completed |
| 21-06-1942 : | Sunk by accident in western Atlantic P514 was on passage around the coast of Newfoundland from Argentia to St Johns. On 20 June 1942 P514 left the Canadian village of Argentia bound for St Johns, Newfoundland. At 0300 on the 21st the Canadian minesweeper HMCS Georgian was waiting to provide escort for a convoy bound for Sydney. The Georgian, unaware that any friendly submarines were in the area, assumed that the dark shape of P514 crossing her bow, was an enemy vessel. The Georgian rammed the mystery submarine amidships and reported it sunk. A rescue mission was immediately sent out but no survivors were found. A Board of Enquiry into the accident accepted that the Commanding Officer of the Georgian had acted correctly as there had been no reply from the submarine to his identification challenge. |
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