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