| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | Mined and sank off Cape Bon 3 May 1941. |
Ex P42
1941: 10th Flotilla. Malta
Roll of Honour |
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| Aitchison, James |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Amor, James Percy |
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| Attride, Patrick George |
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| Brady, Arthur Francis |
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| Bryant, Reginld Francis |
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| Chief Engine Room Artificer | ||||||
| Cable, Richard Sidney |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Cruickshank, Joseph Armstrong |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Darbyshire, Vivian Longuet MID |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Darling, Godfrey Paul |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Commanding Officer | ||||||
| East, Arthur |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Gissing, Norman Spencer |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Green, Herbert Frederick |
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| Telegraphist | ||||||
| Hall, Eric |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Jones, Euros Bowen |
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| Leading Signalman | ||||||
| Jordan, George Augustin |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Kellaway, Henry Stanley |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Leggatt, David William MID |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Martin, William John Arthur James |
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| Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | ||||||
| Moss-Davies, John Idris |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| O'Hare, Desmond Astrid |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Orrell, James |
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| Leading Stoker | ||||||
| Plant, Bernard |
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| Porter, William Henry |
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| Randall, Peter Ranklin |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Richardson, William |
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| Robinson, Frederick Charles Oliver |
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| Sowden, William |
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| CWGC has D/Jx 20118 | ||||||
| Stokes, Jack |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| CWGC has D/J 10732 | ||||||
| Sutch, Henry Victor Allenby |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Thomas, Christopher James |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Twiddy, Sidney George |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Williams, Ivor Gwyn |
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| 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 |
| Length overall | 190 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Displacement | 630 tons (surface) |
| 730 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | (i) 4 x 21 inch bow tubes (8 torpedoes carried) |
| (ii) 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 4 Officers, 23 Others, |
| (at war) 4 Officers, 27 Others | |
| Note | (i) The first seven U Class submarines had two additional external bow tubes installed and carried 10 torpedoes |
| (ii) Undine and Unity, which were not fitted with the 3 inch gun, had 27-man complements. |
A 12 (I 02) |
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| Class: | 1902 - 1920: A Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | A2 |
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Fate: Sold for breaking on 16th January 1920 to J.H. Lee Bembridge IOW. |
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| Length overall | 190 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Displacement | 630 tons (surface) |
| 730 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | (i) 4 x 21 inch bow tubes (8 torpedoes carried) |
| (ii) 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 4 Officers, 23 Others, |
| (at war) 4 Officers, 27 Others | |
| Note | (i) The first seven U Class submarines had two additional external bow tubes installed and carried 10 torpedoes |
| (ii) Undine and Unity, which were not fitted with the 3 inch gun, had 27-man complements. |
A 12 (I 02) |
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| Class: | 1902 - 1920: A Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | A2 |
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Fate: Sold for breaking on 16th January 1920 to J.H. Lee Bembridge IOW. |
|
U-571 Stars Matthew McCaughney, Bill Paxton and Jon-Bon Jovi.
A team of US soldiers are sent on a mission to sneak aboard a disabled German U-Boat to steal an encryption device that would give the Allies the edge they need to win the war. What they don't know is... Germans are on their way to answer the SOS as well.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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