Shakespeare (P 221)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Written off as a constructive total loss 14 July 1946 and sold for breaking up to Ward, of Briton Ferry. |
Commanders
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Michael Frederic Roberts Ainslie | DSC MID |
Ex P71
1942-1943: Mediterranean.
1944-1945: Indian Ocean.
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 03-01-1945 | |||||
| Motteram, Thomas George C/JX 300991 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 11-10-1922 | Died: 03-01-1945 | Aged: 22 | ||
| from Winson Green, Birmingham | |||||
| 'HMS Shakespeare which was engaged in a surface gun action with a Japanese minesweeper and aircraft off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean on 3rd January 1945. Several Members of the guns crew were wounded during the extended action and two of the wounded subsequently died of their wounds. Thomas Motteram was the son of Edward and Sarah Jane Motteram. He was severely wounded in the action having been hit in the leg by a shell. He died of his wounds and was buried at sea.' |
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| Died: 04-01-1945 | |||||
| Taylor, George D/JX 394962 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Born: 30-04-1924 | Died: 04-01-1945 | Aged: 20 | ||
| from Warrington, Lancashire | |||||
| HMS Shakespeare which was engaged in a surface gun action with a Japanese minesweeper and aircraft off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean on 3rd January 1945. Several Members of the guns crew were wounded during the extended action and two of the wounded subsequently died of their wounds. George Taylor was the son of Jervis and Annie Taylor. He was mortally wounded in his left temple, shrapnel splinter wounds while part of a bucket chain by the gun tower. He died of his wounds and was buried at sea |
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Events
| 13-11-1940 | Laid Down |
| 10-07-1942 | Completed |
| 08-12-1942 | Launched |
| 13-05-1943 | HMS Shakespeare sinks the Italian sailing vessels Sant' Anna M. and Adelina with gunfire off the north-east coast of Sardinia. |
| 06-08-1943 | While on patrol north-west of Ustica, HMS Shakespeare fires three torpedoes at what is identified as an Italian light cruiser. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 07-09-1943 | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. |
| 26-10-1943 | HMS Shakespeare sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Konstantinos 23 nautical miles north-east of Andros, Greece. |
| 03-11-1943 | HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece. |
| 03-12-1943 | HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece. |
| 31-12-1944 | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Unryu Maru east of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. |
| 03-01-1945 | HMS Shakespeare and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 1 engage each other with gunfire off the Nancowry Strait, Nicobar Islands. Both ships are damaged in the engagement. |
| 03-01-1945 | Damaged by Japanese gunfire and aircraft bombs off the Andaman Islands |
| 14-07-1946 | Written off as a constructive total loss and sold for breaking up to Ward, of Briton Ferry. |
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