Regent (N41)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | R2 |
| Fate: | Mined in the Strait of Taranto 18th April 1943. |
Regent (N41)
Regent
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Atkinson, John Kenneth | Able Seaman | D/JX 206104 | 23 | |
| Backhouse, Alfred | Able Seaman | C/JX 192769 | MID | 23 |
| Baker, Ronald Victor | Warrant Engineer | 27 | ||
| Bayliss, Sidney | Petty Officer | D/JX 133751 | 29 | |
| Brown, Robert William | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 144749 | 20 | |
| Chesworth, Kenneth Lloyd | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 118956 | 29 | |
| Clifford, Raymond Alfred | Chief Petty Officer | C/JX 127992 | 32 | |
| Compton, Ernest Reuben | Leading Stoker | P/KX 96749 | 23 | |
| Cox, Sydney Arthur Albert | Telegraphist | C/JX 143583 | 24 | |
| Culham, James Willmot Samuel | Lieutenant | 24 | ||
| Dewhurst, Herbert Edward | Able Seaman | P/JX 341337 | 19 | |
| Ellis, George Griffith | Petty Officer | C/JX 142283 | 23 | |
| Fernie, Robert Russell | Sub Lieutenant | 20 | ||
| Foster, Benjamin William | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 117339 | 25 | |
| Foxhall, Percival George Thomas | Able Seaman | C/JX 235323 | 20 | |
| Gee, Leslie Robert | Leading Stoker | C/KX 96321 | 25 | |
| Gibson, Peter Rawstone Johnstone | Lieutenant | 22 | ||
| Gibson, Peter Rawstone Johnstone Lieutenant At Birth Gibson Peter Rawstorne Johnstone | ||||
| Grounsell, Cyril Thomas | Able Seaman | P/JX 182166 | 25 | |
| Harding, Vincent Joseph | Petty Officer | P/LX 21771 | 26 | |
| Harvey, Robert | Able Seaman | P/JX 234155 | 31 | |
| Hewitt, Alfred | Able Seaman | P/JX 264920 | 33 | |
| Hitchcock, Toney James | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 163012 | 19 | |
| Hitches, Leonard Richard | Able Seaman | P/JX 143284 | 23 | |
| Horton, William Ronald | Leading Seaman | P/SSX 30519 | 21 | |
| Howell, Richard | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 118461 | 21 | |
| Hudson, Jeffrey King | Leading Stoker | C/KX 90759 | 30 | |
| Hudson, Jeffrey King C/KX 90759 CWGC has Hudson, Jefferey King | ||||
| Imison, David Howard | Leading Stoker | C/KX 95072 | 24 | |
| Jones, Arthur Herbert | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 73110 | 30 | |
| King, Herbert George | Able Seaman | C/SSX 25492 | DSC | 22 |
| Knox, Walter Neville Ronald | Lieutenant | 30 | ||
| Commanding Officer | ||||
| Lee, Richard Denis | Leading Seaman | C/JX 208263 | 22 | |
| Leech, Henry | Stoker Petty Officer | D/KX 80895 | 30 | |
| Lemin, John | Stoker Petty Officer | C/KX 92690 | 25 | |
| Lipscombe, Leonard Albert | Able Seaman | P/SD/X 1513 | 20 | |
| Lloyd, Richard William | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 134511 | 22 | |
| Loughran, Henry | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 115870 | 34 | |
| Lowis, Reginald Edward | Petty Officer | C/JX 151999 | 22 | |
| Mathews, Gordon Frank | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 138438 | 20 | |
| Moores, Alfred | Leading Stoker | D/KX 95063 | 23 | |
| Murphy, Kenneth Charles | Telegraphist | C/JX 259256 | 20 | |
| Murray, Athol James | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 132122 | 31 | |
| Noble, George Patrick | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 71349 | 26 | |
| Packer, John William | Able Seaman | C/J 105571 | 36 | |
| Parris, Stanley George | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 64442 | 22 | |
| Perry, James Charles | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 134869 | 20 | |
| Pratt, Edwin Joseph Charles | Warrant Engineer | 37 | ||
| Ex. M36621 | ||||
| Rawlings, Albert Edward | Petty Officer | C/JX 143312 | 23 | |
| Rhodes, Bernard George | Leading Seaman | P/JX 138258 | 26 | |
| Russell, Ernest Roy Wright | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | D/MX 57434 | 26 | |
| Savage, Stephen Albert | Leading Stoker | P/KX 91951 | 24 | |
| Sawyer, Geoffrey James | Leading Signalman | C/JX 151593 | 21 | |
| Shoulder, George Edwin | Able Seaman | C/SSX 24036 | 22 | |
| Skinner, Reginald Wilfred | Able Seaman | C/JX 251639 | 34 | |
| Ex. H3944J112501 | ||||
| Sutton, Richard John | Lieutenant | 26 | ||
| Tatham, Bryan Palmer | Stoker Petty Officer | D/KX 80286 | 31 | |
| Taylor, Jack Edward | Leading Stoker | D/KX 82919 | 29 | |
| Thompson, Roy William | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | D/MX 66023 | 21 | |
| Tierney, George William | Leading Cook | D/MX 53858 | 26 | |
| Tierney, George William D/MX 53858 DoB 23/11/1916 Age 26, CWGC has Age 34 | ||||
| Trice, William Arthur | Chief Engine Room Artificer | C/MX 45219 | 32 | |
| Turner, Anthony Donald Victor Henry | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 142344 | 24 | |
| Wentworth, Samuel | Able Seaman | C/SSX 26827 | 22 | |
| Wilks, William Henry | Telegraphist | P/SSX 30181 | 22 | |
| Woods, Bertie Charles | Able Seaman | D/JX 237827 | 22 | |
Events
| 19-06-1929 : | Laid Down |
| 11-06-1930 : | Launched |
| 11-11-1930 : | Completed |
| 05-10-1940 : | HMS Regent rams and sinks the already grounded Italian sailing vessel Maria Grazia off Bari, Italy. |
| 09-10-1940 : | HMS Regent torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Antonietta Costa about 20 nautical miles west of Durazzo, Albania. |
| 15-01-1941 : | HMS Regent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Città di Messina about 45 nautical miles east of Tripoli, Libya. |
| 21-02-1941 : | HMS Regent torpedoes and damages the German merchant Menes about 55 nautical miles north-north-west of Tripoli, Libya. Following this attack Regent is damaged by depth-charges from the Italian destroyer Saetta. |
| 01-08-1941 : | HMS Regent sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper B 23/Igea with gunfire about 33 nautical miles south of Bengasi. |
| 01-12-1941 : | HMS Regent torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Enrico about 10 nautical miles south-east of Marettimo island, Italy. |
| 18-04-1943 : | HMS Regent sailed from Malta on 12 April 1943 to patrol in the southern Adriatic & was mined north of Monopoli. That evening a large explosion was heard in that area, which is believed to have been HMS Regent striking a mine. HMS Regent was reported overdue at Beirut on 1 May 1943. All 53 crew are lost. Post mortem on some bodies wearing British uniforms which were washed ashore between Brindisi and Otranto during April and May 1943 gave indication of a sinking three weeks earlier, hence between 18 and 25 April |
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