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Usk (N 65)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U1
Fate: Mined and sank off Cape Bon 3 May 1941.
Usk (N 65)
Usk (N 65)

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Commanders
1940: Commander   George Chesterman Phillips DSO
1940: Lieutenant Commander   Peter Ronald Ward
1941: Lieutenant   Godfrey Paul Darling

Ex P42

1941: 10th Flotilla. Malta

Roll of Honour
32
Died: 03-05-1941
Aitchison, James  C/KX 85851
Stoker 1st Class Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 27
Amor, James Percy  C/SSX 27177
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 20
Attride, Patrick George  C/J 109062
Telegraphist Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 33
Brady, Arthur Francis  C/JX 149361
Telegraphist Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 21
Bryant, Reginld Francis  D/M 38762
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 33
Cable, Richard Sidney  C/KX 84368
Leading Stoker Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 28
Cruickshank, Joseph Armstrong  P/MX 55809
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 30
Darbyshire, Vivian Longuet  MID
Lieutenant Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 26
Darling, Godfrey Paul 
Lieutenant Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 28
Commanding Officer
East, Arthur  D/KX 81578
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 28
Gissing, Norman Spencer  P/J 114873
Petty Officer Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 31
Green, Herbert Frederick  D/SSX 23186
Telegraphist Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 22
Hall, Eric  C/SSX 26837
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 21
Jones, Euros Bowen  D/J 106935
Leading Signalman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 33
Jordan, George Augustin  D/JX 134982
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 26
Kellaway, Henry Stanley  D/KX75079
Stoker 1st Class Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 34
Leggatt, David William  MID
Lieutenant Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 24
Martin, William John Arthur James  D/MX 55521
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 26
Moss-Davies, John Idris   D/JX 138552
Leading Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 23
O'Hare, Desmond Astrid 
Lieutenant Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 22
Orrell, James  C/KX 83958
Leading Stoker Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 26
Plant, Bernard  D/KX 76308
Stoker 1st Class Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 35
Porter, William Henry  C/J 107908
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 32
Randall, Peter Ranklin  C/SSX 21145
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 21
Richardson, William  D/JX 142696
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 22
Robinson, Frederick Charles Oliver  D/JX 125055
Leading Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 31
Sowden, William  D/JX 201118
Ordinary Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 32
CWGC has D/Jx 20118
Stokes, Jack  D/J 107133
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 33
CWGC has D/J 10732
Sutch, Henry Victor Allenby  P/KX 93833
Stoker 1st Class Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 21
Thomas, Christopher James  P/J 106785
Petty Officer Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 33
Twiddy, Sidney George  C/JX 145272
Leading Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 22
Williams, Ivor Gwyn  D/SSX 20499
Able Seaman Died: 03-05-1941 Aged: 21

Events

 06-11-1939   Laid Down
 07-06-1940   Launched
 11-10-1940   Completed
 03-05-1941   HMS Usk sailed from Malta for a patrol off the NW coast of Sicily on 19 April 1941. Anti-submarine activity was intense and Usk was ordered to alter her position. What happened to Usk is not known but she is most likely mined in the vicinity of Cape Bon some time after 25 April 1941. She was reported overdue on 3 May 1941
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