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Union (N 56)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U1
Fate: Sunk by Italian patrol craft off Tunisian coast on 20 July 1941.

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Commanders
1941: Lieutenant   Robert Malcolm Galloway

Ex P35

Roll of Honour
32
Died: 20-07-1941
Acott, George William  P/J 82584
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 41
Bousell, Albert Ernest  P/J 78305
Telegraphist Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 39
Brown, Herbert Ernest Prince  C/JX 128506
Petty Officer Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 30
Carr, David Lawrence 
Lieutenant Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 23
Chipp, Cyril  C/JX 164513
Leading Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 26
Clark, Charles  P/J 111325
Chief Petty Officer Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 32
Constable, Frederick Sinclair  P/KX 111322
Stoker 2nd Class Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 20
Eddy, William John  D/J 95504
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 37
Fraser, David  D/JX 155672
Signalman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 19
Galloway, Robert Malcolm 
Lieutenant Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 30
Gibbs, James Henry  P/JX 167388
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 22
Gillam, Albert Henry  P/J 98639
Petty Officer Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 36
Gravell, Harry  D/KX 77615
Stoker 1st Class Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 33
Greaves, Charles Ernest  P/J 115204
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 32
Hayter, Roland Henry  C/KX 76736
Leading Stoker Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 32
Keers, James  P/KX 109081
Stoker 2nd Class Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 24
Kempshall, Ronald Alfred  P/KX 93649
Leading Stoker Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 24
Lewis, Cyril Hubert  C/JX 148112
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 21
Lockwood, Arthur Frank  C/JX 138250
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 24
Martin, Frederick Arthur  C/MX 47785
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 28
McMahon, Cornelius  D/JX 143654
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 22
Moreton, Clifford Walter  C/J 52429
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 40
O'Reilly, John  D/JX 14456
Leading Telegraphist Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 21
Pearson, Anthony  P/JX 251650
Telegraphist Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 23
Simmons, Resbury Douglas Crerar Graham 
Lieutenant Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 22
Spittle, Edward Thomas  DSM P/MX 47342
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 28
Summers, Sidney Leonard  P/M 39496
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 37
Tarrant, Daniel Alexander  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 29
Terry, Frederick Walter  D/SSX 20656
Able Seaman Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 21
Wickstead, Edwin James  P/K 65157
Stoker 1st Class Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 37
Williams, Bertie (Ex. K 63260)  P/KX 98431
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 37
ADM 104 has P/Kx 98431 and K 63260
Yuille, John Barr  C/JX 135830
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 20-07-1941 Aged: 26

Events

 09-12-1939   Laid Down
 01-10-1940   Launched
 22-02-1941   Completed
 22-06-1941   HMS Union torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pietro Querini about 30 nautical miles west-south-west of Lampedusa Island
 20-07-1941   HMS Union sailed from Malta at 0100 on 14 July 1941. On 20 July 1941 she was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Circe 25 miles SW of Pantelleria Island in the Strait of Sicily. Union was reported overdue on 22 July 1941
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