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Usk (N65)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U Group 1
Fate: Mined and sank off Cape Bon 3 May 1941.
Usk (N65)
Usk (N65)

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Ex P42

Roll of Honour

Name Rank Number Hons Age
Aitchison, James  Stoker 1st Class  C/KX 85851    27
Amor, James Percy  Able Seaman  C/SSX 27177    20
Attride, Patrick George  Telegraphist  C/J 109062    33
Brady, Arthur Francis  Telegraphist  C/JX 149361    21
Bryant, Reginld Francis  Chief Engine Room Artificer  D/M 38762    33
Cable, Richard Sidney  Leading Stoker  C/KX 84368    28
Cruickshank, Joseph Armstrong  Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class  P/MX 55809    30
Darbyshire, Vivian Longuet  Lieutenant    MID  26
Darling, Godfrey Paul  Lieutenant      28
Commanding Officer
Davies, John Idris Moss  Leading Seaman  D/JX 138552    23
Davies, John Idris Moss. Born as Moss-Davies, John Idris
East, Arthur  Stoker Petty Officer  D/KX 81578    28
Gissing, Norman Spencer  Petty Officer  P/J 114873    31
Green, Herbert Frederick  Telegraphist  D/SSX 23186    22
Hall, Eric  Able Seaman  C/SSX 26837    21
Jones, Euros Bowen  Leading Signalman  D/J 106935    33
Jordan, George Augustin  Able Seaman  D/JX 134982    26
Kellaway, Henry Stanley  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX75079    34
Leggatt, David William  Lieutenant    MID  24
Martin, William John Arthur James  Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class  D/MX 55521    26
O'Hare, Desmond Astrid  Lieutenant      22
Orrell, James  Leading Stoker  C/KX 83958    26
Plant, Bernard  Stoker 1st Class  D/KX 76308    35
Porter, William Henry  Petty Officer Telegraphist  C/J 107908    32
Randall, Peter Ranklin  Able Seaman  C/SSX 21145    21
Richardson, William  Able Seaman  D/JX 142696    22
Robinson, Frederick Charles Oliver  Leading Seaman  D/JX 125055    31
Sowden, William  Ordinary Seaman  D/JX 201118    32
CWGC has D/Jx 20118
Stokes, Jack  Able Seaman  D/J 107133    33
CWGC has D/J 10732
Sutch, Henry Victor Allenby  Stoker 1st Class  P/KX 93833    21
Thomas, Christopher James  Petty Officer  P/J 106785    33
Twiddy, Sidney George  Leading Seaman  C/JX 145272    22
Williams, Ivor Gwyn  Able Seaman  D/SSX 20499    21

Events

06-11-1939 : Laid Down
07-06-1940 : Launched
11-10-1940 : Completed
03-05-1941 : HMS Usk sailed from Malta for a patrol off the NW coast of Sicily on 19 April 1941. Anti-submarine activity was intense and Usk was ordered to alter her position. What happened to Usk is not known but she is most likely mined in the vicinity of Cape Bon some time after 25 April 1941. She was reported overdue on 3 May 1941
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