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H 42

Built By: Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne)
Build Group: H21
Fate: Sunk in Collision with HMS Versatile off Gibraltar 23rd March 1922

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Commanders
1917: Lieutenant   John Maurice Mansfield

Roll of Honour
26
 
Anderson, Herbert Charles  K 24252 Born: 2nd Jul, 1890. 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Leading Stoker Aged: 31
RN DoB 02/07/1891
Barnard, George Lawrence  K 29260
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 27
Blackwell, Arthur William  272345
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Aged: 38
Cant, Athol Hazel  J 34995 Born: 20th Jul, 1897. 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 24
RN DoB 20/07/1898
Dale, Samuel George  J 98338
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Boy 1st Class Aged: 17
Davis, Montague Edward  J 85592
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 19
Fookes, Charles William  K 21909 Born: 24th Mar, 1895. 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 26
RN DoB 19/11/1895
Fowler, Richard  M 4712
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Aged: 30
Gamblen, Cyril  J 15398
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Leading Seaman Aged: 25
Hansford, James George  308223 Born: 14th May, 1884. 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 37
RN DoB 14/05/1886
Harris, Walter George  K 18681
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 27
Harvey, Edward James  J 10580
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Leading Signalman Aged: 27
Hazel, William Josiah  J 11956
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Able Seaman Aged: 26
Hooper, Alwin Septimus  J 14872
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Able Seaman Aged: 28
Kean, George James  J 15564
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
McDonald, Donald  M 7995
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 23
Oswell, Thomas Murray 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Lieutenant Aged: 23
Parsons, George Washington  J 1878 Born: 14th Sep, 1891. 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Able Seaman Aged: 30
RN DoB 14/09/1892
Pearce, William Arthur  J 17236
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Able Seaman Aged: 25
Penney, Ernest  J 9617
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Petty Officer Aged: 28
Porch, Robet Emery  J 12072
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Petty Officer Aged: 28
Porter, Albert Ernest  J 98344
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 18
Price, James Charles Woolmer  DSC
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Lieutenant Aged: 24
Rickard, George Henry  J 13668
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Able Seaman Aged: 26
Sealy, Douglas Carteret  DSC
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Lieutenant Aged: 30
Commanding Officer
Smart, Henry John  K 18164 Born: 24th Feb, 1888. 
Died: 23rd Mar, 1922.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 34
RN DoB 24/02/1890

Events

 01-09-1917   Laid Down
 21-10-1918   Launched
 01-05-1919   Completed
 23-03-1922   Sunk in Collision with HMS Versatile off Gibraltar

As part of the 3rd Submarine Flotilla H42 had spent Christmas 1921 in Portsmouth before sailing in January 1922 for exercises in the Mediterranean. H42 surfaced just off Gibraltar 120 yards in front of the destroyer HMS Versatile who at that time was cruising at 20 knots. The Destroyer was unable to take avoiding action and ploughed into the submarine almost slicing her in two.
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