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

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
U1 Specification
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