| Built By: | Beardmore (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | H21 |
| Fate: | 9 July 1929 - Sank off Pembrokeshire Coast following collision with HMS L12 |
Submarine disaster off fishguard, as L12 submarine rams H47 submarine. The H47 sank.
Roll of Honour |
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| Bain, David |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Bickmore, Noel Askew |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Crew, John |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Crimmins, Benjamin John |
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| Ditcher, John Anderson |
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| Elliott, Edmund Lawrence Victor |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Goodlet, Robert John Notman |
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| Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | ||||||
| Harris, Tom Herbert |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Hartland, Sydney |
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| Hawley, Frederick |
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| Henderson, Clifford |
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| Legg, Alfred Aspden |
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| Maccabee, Edward Tom |
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| Mann, Cyril James |
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| Leading Signalman | ||||||
| McSweeney, John Patrick |
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| Pike, Edward Lionel |
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| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||||||
| Robbins, Percival Henry |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Spencer, Nathaniel |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Stone, Arthur Cecil |
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| Taylor, Alfred James Henry |
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| Telegraphist | ||||||
| Wise, William Henry |
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| 20-11-1917 | Laid Down |
| 19-11-1918 | Launched |
| 25-02-1919 | Completed |
| 09-07-1929 | HMS L12 was at sea with an Officer Training Class; at the same time H47 was on independent exercises in the Irish Sea. At 0800 both submarines were off the Pembrokeshire coast with L12 ahead of H47. L12 suddenly altered course to starboard. H47 at once went full astern and to collision stations. The two submarines crashed together with L21 bow penetrating about 2 feet. In only 15 seconds H47 began to sink. L12 also began to take in water but her crew managed to control the flood. |
HMS Onyx was on a visit to Plymouth when the summons came. Her Commanding Officer had just arrived at his home nearby when the telephone rang with orders to take his submarine back to Gosport. He would not be back for another 117 days.
The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
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HMS Onyx was on a visit to Plymouth when the summons came. Her Commanding Officer had just arrived at his home nearby when the telephone rang with orders to take his submarine back to Gosport. He would not be back for another 117 days.
The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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