Utmost (N 19)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | Depth charged by Italian TB Groppo off the west coast of Sicily on 24 November 1942. |
Utmost
Commanders
| 1940: | Lieutenant | John Henry Eaden | DSC |
| 1941: | Lieutenant Commander | Richard Douglas Cayley | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | John Dennis Martin | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | John Walter David Coombe |
Ex P42
Adoption
By Dr Peter Schofield
 St Mary's Church Prestwich |
 Presentation plaque |
 Jolly Roger |
The communities of Prestwich donations included a football kit donated by Sedgley Park toward HMS Utmost. The presentation plaque used to be in Prestwich Memorial Hall, but was relocated to Bury with the Jolly Roger. A further plaque to HMS Utmost is in the Remembrance Chapel in St Mary's Church.
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From the radio room we received a routine signal from the Admiralty to say that the RAF reconnaissance had reported that a Naval force was due to leave Taranto within the next 48 hours. We were instructed to take up station in the centre of the instep which formed the bay south of Taranto. The areas immediately to the south of Utmost would be covered by two more 10th Flotilla boats, HMS Upright, and the last by HMS Upholder.
Roll of Honour |
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| Alderson, Arthur P/SSX 23867 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 21 | ||
| Betts, Albert MID C/SSX 29116 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
| Brown, William Albert C/SSX 29098 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 22 | ||
| CWGC has C/SSX 29095 | |||
| Clabby, John DSM* P/KX 75337 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Stoker Petty Officer | Aged: 37 | ||
| Cockburn, Thomas Bethune DSM C/JX 134985 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Telegraphist | Aged: 27 | ||
| Coombe, John Walter David | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 26 | ||
| Davison, Albert Sander Cock D/JX 134010 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 28 | ||
| Dean, Percival Cyril P/KX 135199 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 22 | ||
| Des Voeux, John Harold | Born: 13th Sep, 1921. | ||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 21 | ||
| Born as Walker, John Harold. Served as Des Voeux, John Harold. | |||
| Gasgoigne, Austen Malcolm C/JX 138270 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 26 | ||
| Gough, John C/MX 76833 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 21 | ||
| Hodgkinson, Raymond Leslie C/JX 203433 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 27 | ||
| Jones, Stacey Baker DSM P/J 95513 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 39 | ||
| Kettle, Cyril DSM C/KX 80337 | Born: 20th Dec, 1911. | ||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 30 | ||
| Lee, Albert Edward Hutchings C/JX 136973 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 26 | ||
| Lever, Robert Boothman D/KX 92920 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 26 | ||
| McLachlan, John P/SSX 30855 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 20 | ||
| Meredith, Thomas D/KX 114111 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 24 | ||
| Newton, Wilfred D/JX 164995 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Signalman | Aged: 35 | ||
| Ex.J108677 | |||
| Page, Leslie Harold BEM D/MX 34929 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Chief Engine Room Artificer | Aged: 38 | ||
| Seal, Reginald Alfred C/KX 105335 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Stoker | Aged: 21 | ||
| Shanahan, James DSM D/JX 131173 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 30 | ||
| Simons, Thomas William DSM* C/J 114129 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Petty Officer | Aged: 33 | ||
| Taverner, Brian William (RNVR) | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 24 | ||
| West, Kenneth John C/JX 140959 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 25 | ||
| West, Kenneth Raymond C/JX 137628 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Petty Officer Telegraphist | Aged: 26 | ||
| White, Alfred Charles P/SSX 18042 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 25 | ||
| Wilby, Kenneth Gordon P/KX 132601 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 20 | ||
| Williams, Albert Victor P/JX 127921 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Telegraphist | Aged: 32 | ||
| Williams, Dan P/JX 148900 | Born: 12th Jan, 1920. | ||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 22 | ||
| Wilson, Richard Douglas DSM P/MX 56274 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | Aged: 25 | ||
| Wood, John Claude Hudson (RNR) | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Lieutenant | Aged: 24 | ||
| Woodcock, Frank Henry C/SSX 20569 | |||
| Died: 24th Nov, 1942. | |||
| Leading Seaman | Aged: 23 | ||
Events
| 02-11-1939 | Laid Down |
| 20-04-1940 | Launched |
| 17-08-1940 | Completed |
| 12-02-1941 | HMS Utmost torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Manfredo Camperio off Tripoli, Libya. |
| 09-03-1941 | HMS Utmost torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Capo Vita about 30 nautical miles north-east of Sousse, Tunisia. |
| 28-03-1941 | HMS Utmost attacks a convoy of 5 German merchants and three Italian destroyers and torpedoes and sinks the German merchants Heraklea and torpedoed and damages the Ruhr 22 nautical miles south-east of Kuriat, Tunisia. |
| 30-05-1941 | HMS Utmost makes a torpedo attack on a convoy off Sirte. All torpedoes miss their targets. |
| 26-06-1941 | HMS Utmost torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Enrico Costa 4 nautical miles from Cape Todaro, Sicily, Italy. |
| 28-07-1941 | HMS Utmost torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Frederico C. in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea of the west coast of Calabria, Italy. |
| 01-11-1941 | HMS Utmost destroys the Italian merchant Marigola off Kuriat Island, Tunisia. |
| 02-11-1941 | ORP Sokol and HMS Utmost together sink the Italian merchant Balilla about 20 nautical miles north-west of Capo San Vito, Sicily, Italy. |
| 21-11-1941 | HMS Utmost torpedoed and damaged Italian cruiser Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi in the Mediterranean. |
| 12-12-1941 | HMS Utmost attacks the Italian merchant Fabio Filzi in the Gulf of Taranto but miss the target. |
| 10-08-1942 | HMS Utmost fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Siculo off Marettimo but miss the target. |
| 24-11-1942 | Depth charged by Italian TB Groppo off the west coast of Sicily. |
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