Usurper (P56)
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | U Group 2 |
| Fate: | Depth charged by German patrol boat UJ2208 in Gulf of Genoa 3rd October 1943 |
Usurper (P56)
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Abraham, Cedric Ernest William | Able Seaman | C/JX 215054 | 26 | |
| Allan, Wilfred | Ordinary Seaman | D/JX 563155 | 18 | |
| Anderson, John David Shanks | Sub Lieutenant | 19 | ||
| Appleby, Thomas William | Leading Telegraphist | P/JX 155434 | 21 | |
| Baker, George William | Able Seaman | P/JX 358368 | 19 | |
| Ballantyne, James Ross | Stoker Petty Officer | D/KX 86977 | 27 | |
| Bethell, William John | Able Seaman | D/JX 286982 | 22 | |
| Bird, William Henry | Chief Engine Room Artificer | P/MX 48306 | 36 | |
| Carson, Edward Henry Sidney | Telegraphist | D/JX 158782 | 20 | |
| Charman, John | Chief Petty Officer | P/JX 142727 | 25 | |
| Collins, Michael Higgins | Leading Seaman | P/SSX 22995 | 23 | |
| Cooper, Sidney George | Leading Seaman | C/JX 142915 | 24 | |
| Davies, Mervyn Ebenezer | Petty Officer Telegraphist | P/JX 143196 | DSM | 24 |
| Davies, Thomas Barrie | Able Seaman | P/JX 358192 | 19 | |
| Eldridge, Hubert Arthur | Telegraphist | C/JX180661 | 19 | |
| Flynn, James Reginald | Leading Stoker | P/KX 95906 | 23 | |
| Frost, Patrick Anthony Stirling | Sub Lieutenant | 21 | ||
| Fylan, James Reginald | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 82494 | 28 | |
| Griffiths, William John | Telegraphist | D/JX 269375 | 22 | |
| Harman, William Parker | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 93368 | 22 | |
| Hilton, Joshua Herbert | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 133098 | 21 | |
| Jackson, Leonard Philips | Able Seaman | P/J 112129 | 34 | |
| Johnstone, William Plunkett Dunning | Petty Officer | C/JX 151079 | 22 | |
| Jordan, Sidney Lloyd | Lieutenant | 23 | ||
| Knowles, Maurice Henry | Stoker 2nd Class | D/KX 159978 | 20 | |
| Little, Arthur | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 74203 | 22 | |
| Meaker, Eric Knowles | Able Seaman | P/JX 149714 | 22 | |
| Mott, David Roger Oakley | Lieutenant | DSC | 23 | |
| Pike, Robert Francis | Ordinary Seaman | D/JX 366699 | 19 | |
| Quayle, William Horsley | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 146834 | 35 | |
| Rayner, Bertie William Fearnley | Petty Officer | C/JX 130051 | DSM | 32 |
| Render, Oswald | Able Seaman | D/JX 287917 | 22 | |
| Roberts, James William | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 140723 | 19 | |
| Roberts, James William C/KX 140723 RN DoB 06/05/1924.. Actual 06/05/1926 | ||||
| Rodwell, Richard Herbert | Able Seaman | P/JX 235070 | 22 | |
| Searle, Frederick William | Able Seaman | C/SSX 32296 | 23 | |
| Smallwood, Thomas Jack | Leading Seaman | C/SSX 32523 | 23 | |
| Smedley, Frank | Able Seaman | D/JX 237791 | 21 | |
| Sutton, Thomas Henry | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 88994 | 28 | |
| Taaffe, Geoffrey | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 152295 | 19 | |
| Taylor, Clifford | Able Seaman | P/JX 168050 | 24 | |
| Taylor, Victor | Able Seaman | P/JX 273528 | 22 | |
| Upex, Francis Arthur Edwin | Leading Signalman | P/JX 148084 | 23 | |
| White, George | Able Seaman | P/JX 263859 | 32 | |
| Whitfield, Leslie George Herbert | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 144682 | 20 | |
| Wisdom, Robert Edward | Able Seaman | D/JX 293581 | 20 | |
| Worth, John Harold | Lieutenant | 25 | ||
Events
| 19-08-1941 : | Laid Down |
| 24-09-1942 : | Launched |
| 02-02-1943 : | Completed |
| 28-04-1943 : | HMS Usurper makes a torpedo attack on the German submarine U-467 in the Norwegian Sea. The target was not hit. |
| 27-07-1943 : | HMS Usurper sinks the French Chateau Yquem |
| 03-10-1943 : | HMS Usurper left Algiers on 24th September 1943 with instruction to patrol of La Spezia. On 3rd October she was ordered to move to the Gulf of Genoa. No further contact was made and she failed to return to Algiers on the 12th as expected. The German anti-submarine vessel UJ2208 reported attacking a submarine in the Gulf of Genoa on 3rd October and it is believed that this may have been the Usurper. |
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