H 49
Built By: | Beardmore (Clyde) |
Build Group: | H21 |
Fate: | On 17th October 1940, HMS H49 (Lt. Richard Evelyn Coltart, DSC, RN) sailed from Harwich with orders to patrol off Texel, on the Dutch coast. On the following day, to the west of Texel in the Netherlands by H49 was depth charged by the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ-116 and UJ-118. One survivor was picked up. He was L/Sto George William Oliver D/KX 77876, but the other 26 members of the crew were lost. |
Commanders
- 1925: Lieutenant Thomas Bennett Brunton
- 1934: Lieutenant Benajmin Bryant
- 1939: Lieutenant Edward Francis Balston
- 1940: Lieutenant Richard Evelyn Coltart DSC
Roll of Honour |
26
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Died: 18-10-1904 | |||||
Amery, Jack P/MX 53237 | |||||
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 31 | |||
Boyles, Alexander C/KX 80080 | |||||
Stoker Petty Officer | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 29 | |||
Caie, Ernest James MID C/J 72837 | |||||
Leading Telegraphist | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 39 | |||
Carew-Hunt, Adrian | |||||
Sub Lieutenant | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 20 | |||
Coleman, Frederick George P/JX 129345 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 29 | |||
Coltart, Richard Evelyn DSC | |||||
Lieutenant | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 28 | |||
Cotton, William Arthur DSM D/M 37090 | |||||
Chief Engine Room Artificer | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 33 | |||
Cripps, Ronald Victor MID P/MX 45268 | |||||
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 30 | |||
Davidson, James Henry DSM C/J 108151 | |||||
Chief Petty Officer | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 33 | |||
Dearden, Lionel Humphrey Lucas | |||||
Sub Lieutenant | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 23 | |||
Edmonds, Charles William D/J 108349 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 32 | |||
Feary, Ernest William C/J 114958 | |||||
Petty Officer | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 30 | |||
Gasser, Thomas James P/JX 150266 | |||||
Telegraphist | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 19 | |||
Goffe-Wood, William Frederick D/K 65955 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 33 | |||
Herrett, Donald P/KX 91849 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 21 | |||
Hills, Frederick George MID C/J 95282 | |||||
Leading Signalman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 37 | |||
Hobbs, Henry Thomas Blackwell D/J 73247 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 39 | |||
Hull, John P/JX 142391 | |||||
Telegraphist | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 21 | |||
Knowles, Augustus Chambers D/J 105999 | |||||
Leading Signalman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 33 | |||
McKay, Stewart Nicol P/SSX 16985 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 24 | |||
Peterkin, Claude Hamilton DSC | |||||
Lieutenant | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 26 | |||
Simpson, Frank Deacon P/KX 84888 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 25 | |||
Soar, Patrick James D/KX 89148 | |||||
Stoker 1st Class | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 23 | |||
Stevens, Robert C/JX 138884 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 23 | |||
CWGC has C/Jx 138854 | |||||
West, Ernest Francis D/KX 76755 | |||||
Leading Stoker | Born: 26-01-1907 | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 2 | ||
White, William C/JX 150050 | |||||
Able Seaman | Died: 18-10-1904 | Aged: 20 | |||
Events
21-01-1918 | Laid Down |
15-07-1919 | Launched |
25-10-1919 | Commissioned |
16-09-1940 | HMS H 49 fired 4 torpedoes at a large, 16 ship, convoy and 8 bunched ships were fired at without success. |
18-10-1940 | HMS H-49 sunk by UJ116 and UJ118 off the Dutch coast H49 put to sea from Harwich on with orders to patrol off the Dutch coast. At 1510 the submarine sighted a German anti-submarine flotilla of five vessels at a distance of 3000 yards, the flotilla also spotted the submarine. H49 immediately dived to 60 feet and depth charges began to fall around her. The submarine endured over two hours of depth charge attacks until 1850 when a large oil slick was sighted on the surface by the attacking vessels - marking the end of H49. |
18-10-1940 | Stoker George Oliver floated to the surface unconscious, without a DSEA set, after a depth charge attack opened up the hull. He was the only survivor. He was rescued and revived by the German Navy, became a POW. |
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