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Narwhal (N 45)
12
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: G2
Fate: Narwhal left Blyth on 22nd July 1940. On the afternoon of 23rd July, an aircraft reported attacking a submarine in the area where Narwhal should have been. Narwhal did not report again, it was assumed this attack sank the submarine with all hands.

Look up Narwhal (N 45) in the Boat Database

 
P/JX 136729
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 24
Brooks, Kenneth
Able Seaman
D/JX 127778
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 30
Brown, Alec
Able Seaman
D/JX 133579
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 26
Buckland, Reginald Charles Sandercox
Able Seaman
C/JX 128525
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 29
Burton, John William
Able Seaman
D/J 110566
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 32
Earwaker, Alec Edmund Green
Able Seaman
P/JX 138828
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Govier, Frank Deveril
Able Seaman
D/J 107308
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 32
Moor, John
Able Seaman
P/J 108328
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 39
Newell, Frank
Able Seaman
P/J 71576
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 38
Stearn, George Richard
Able Seaman
C/M 36173
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 34
Wilson, Aleck Neal MID
Chief Engine Room Artificer
D/J 92099
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 37
Denner, William Frederick James DSM
Chief Petty Officer
C/J 108318
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 32
Whalebone, Frederick John DSM
Chief Petty Officer
D/J 97177
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 35
Duckham, Harry Roy
Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist
C/MX 47587
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 34
Andrews, Thomas Victor
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
C/MX 46477
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 32
Grey, James William
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
P/MX 49772
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 29
Mitchell, Robert George
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
D/MX 54091
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 33
Henderson, George Murdoch
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
EAX 2943
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Geeling, Edward Joseph
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
C/MX 61415
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Golding, Henry Myles
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
D/MX 49194
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 23
Johns, William Henry
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Ackery, John Esmond DSC
Engineer Lieutenant
P/JX 139437
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Cordery, Leslie
Leading Seaman
P/JX 148163
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 28
Grant, Frederick Charles John
Leading Seaman
P/J 109737
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 31
Horstead, Alfred Augustus
Leading Seaman
P/J 139939
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Huelin, Godfrey John MID
Leading Seaman
C/JX 128912
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 28
Quin, Charles George MID
Leading Seaman
C/JX 130091
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 28
Simnett, Samuel
Leading Seaman
C/KX 79616
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 30
Elvin, Herbert Constable
Leading Stoker
P/KX 84936
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Hendy, William George Roy
Leading Stoker
C/KX 81304
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Parish, James Charles MID
Leading Stoker
P/K 65986
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 34
Stubbington, William James
Leading Stoker
C/K 62531
Born: 28th Sep, 1905.
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 34
Yates, Richard Michael
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 28/09/1904
C/JX 134145
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 25
Marchant, William Cyril MID
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Green, Charles Sinclair DSC
Lieutenant
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 23
Twynam, Humfrey Reginald Woodriff MID
Lieutenant
Born Humphrey served as Humfrey
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 33
Burch, Ronald James DSO
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 31
White, Stafford Radcliffe
Lieutenant Commander
P/J 113448
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 30
Austin, Edward Arthur
Petty Officer
D/J 113881
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 30
Jarvis, Albert Henry
Petty Officer
D/J 105359
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 34
Robinson, Norman DSM
Petty Officer
P/MX 47058
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 32
Wood, Albert John
Petty Officer Cook
P/L 14463
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 35
Hearn, Albert Edmund
Petty Officer Steward
D/J 70501
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 38
Daw, Walter Sydney
Signalman
D/KX 86034
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 23
Blyth, Charles George
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 86121
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 24
Davis, Herbert James
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 86539
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 29
Frost, Walter John
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 81233
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 28
Kitching, Henry Charles
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 89654
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 26
Lawson, George
Stoker 1st Class
D/SS 121369
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 38
Marsden, Harry
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 88321
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Prior, Thomas Watson Forster
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 91653
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 21
Simpson, Frederick Edward
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 76233
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 32
Smith, Joseph
Stoker 1st Class
D/KX 82824
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 25
Stone, Clifford William
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 80499
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Vincer, George William
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 82524
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 27
Wood, Thomas Daniel
Stoker 1st Class
P/KX 77059
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 39
Ross, Adam
Stoker Petty Officer
P/K 66454
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 36
Wells, George Harry
Stoker Petty Officer
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 22
Cringle, John (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant
D/J 77746
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 38
Ackroyd, John Robert Lindley
Telegraphist
D/SSX 13658
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 26
Baillie, Alexander
Telegraphist
C/SSX 24993
Died: 23rd Jul, 1940.
Aged: 19
Richlieu, Thomas William
Telegraphist

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I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.

There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.

It is the most dangerous of all services.

That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.

I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.

Winston Churchill


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