Unique (N95)
Built By: |
Vickers (Barrow) |
Build Group: | U Group 1 |
Fate: | Lost 24-10-1942 cause unknown to the west of Gibraltar |
Unique
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Adoption
By Dr Peter Schofield
HMS Unique was adopted by Pontefract but lost in October 1942; HMS Upstart was then adopted
Good Morning, Tuesday 14 August 1945:
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Warship Week Plaque |
Seven members of the crew of Upstart recently spent a weekend at Pontefract, the guests of Upstarts Comforts Fund Committee. The visitors were Sub-Lt. Turbett, P.O. Best, A.B. Francis, A.B. Stoker. Leading Stoker Walker, A.B. Webb and Signalman Long. They were met on Friday afternoon by members of the committee including the chairman, Mrs. F. Pybus, and the secretary, Miss E. Waddington; and they were entertained to tea. Later in the day, they were accompanied by members of the committee to a Civic Reception and Dinner at which the Mayor of Pontefract presided. The following day, Upstart visited Dunhill’s Liquorice Works, and as a memento of his visit, each man received a box of sweets from the management. These came in handy in the afternoon when they visited Pontefract race meeting, and their day ended with a visit to the home of Mrs. Pybus for tea. At trip to Pontefract Castle occupied the Sunday morning, and after lunch in the town, Upstart received a grand send off from the Mayor and members of the Comforts Fund. It was a weekend which they will remember.
Roll of Honour
Name |
Rank |
Number |
Hons |
Age |
Adlard, Gwynne Addison |
Lieutenant |
|
|
21 |
|
Amos, Kenneth Douglas |
Able Seaman |
C/JX 147961 |
|
22 |
|
Bartley, Andrew |
Leading Stoker |
D/KX 81278 |
|
30 |
|
Boddington, Robert Evelyn |
Lieutenant |
|
MID |
26 |
|
Commanding Officer |
Bond, Raymond Walter John |
Yeoman of Signals |
P/JX 137669 |
DSM |
26 |
|
Booth, George Edward |
Stoker 1st Class |
C/KX 97214 |
|
22 |
|
Bowlt, Benjamin |
Able Seaman |
C/TD/X 1603 |
|
25 |
|
Breen, William |
Able Seaman (RNVR) |
P/CD/X 2536 |
|
26 |
|
Bryson, Andrew Birridge |
Stoker 1st Class |
C/KX 129491 |
|
30 |
|
Bryson, Andrew Birridge C/KX 129491. At birth & Marriage Bryson, Andrew Berridge |
Burgess, John William |
Ordinary Seaman |
D/JX 304613 |
|
19 |
|
Chapman, Clifford |
Petty Officer |
P/KX 79256 |
DSM |
33 |
|
Collins, Leopold Albert Edward |
Petty Officer |
D/J 102084 |
|
37 |
|
Denne, Albert Edward John |
Leading Stoker |
D/KX 98707 |
MID |
44 |
|
Ex.K32855 |
Edgar, Stanley Martin |
Stoker 1st Class |
D/SKX 315 |
|
19 |
|
Fennell, Albert Ernest |
Petty Officer |
D/J 109248 |
|
35 |
|
Fitall, Sydney Charlie Frank |
Petty Officer Telegraphist |
P/SSX 21488 |
|
26 |
|
Frith, Geoffrey George Wesson |
Telegraphist |
C/SSX 31461 |
|
21 |
|
Frith, Ronald |
Chief Engine Room Artificer |
C/MX 51674 |
|
31 |
|
Garner, Cecil Edward |
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class |
C/MX 72050 |
|
23 |
|
Holland, George Henry |
Able Seaman |
P/SSX 28337 |
|
22 |
|
Martin, Anthony Howard |
Lieutenant |
|
|
21 |
|
Meade, Jack Barker |
Able Seaman |
C/JX 189345 |
|
23 |
|
Morten, Maurice Furness |
Able Seaman |
C/JX 203146 |
|
22 |
|
Moss, Edward |
Leading Stoker |
P/KX 83224 |
|
27 |
|
Niel, Stanley Munro |
Able Seaman |
C/JX 162242 |
|
19 |
|
Reed, Charles Ian |
Sub Lieutenant |
|
|
20 |
|
Riley, Leslie John |
Leading Seaman |
C/JX 144677 |
|
23 |
|
Thewlis, Norman |
Able Seaman |
D/JX 201123 |
MID |
31 |
|
Tuck, Allen Royson |
Chief Petty Officer |
D/J 98271 |
|
38 |
|
Turnbull, Roy Frederick Howard |
Leading Telegraphist |
P/JX 141679 |
|
23 |
|
Venn, Leonard Jack |
Telegraphist |
D/JX 137882 |
|
25 |
|
Waterhouse, George Albert |
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class |
D/MX 74895 |
|
20 |
|
Woodman, Edward John Humphrey |
Able Seaman |
C/SSX 26124 |
|
21 |
|
Worland, Arthur George |
Ordinary Seaman |
C/JX 301424 |
|
19 |
Events
30-10-1939 : | Laid Down |
06-06-1940 : | Launched |
27-09-1940 : | Completed |
10-03-1941 : | HMS Unique torpedoes and sinks the Italian passenger/cargo ship Fenicia about 95 nautical miles north-west of Tripoli, Libya. |
03-06-1941 : | HMS Unique torpedoes and damages (total loss) the Italian cargo ship Arsia at Lampedusa harbour. |
20-08-1941 : | HMS Unique torpedoes and sinks the Italian troop tansport Esperia 11 nautical miles off the Tripoli lighthouse, Libya. |
05-01-1942 : | HMS Unique attacks the Italian battleship Littorio with torpedoes in the Gulf of Taranto but miss the target. |
24-10-1942 : | Lost cause unknown to the west of Gibraltar |
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