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Unbeaten (N 93)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U1
Fate: Mistaken for a U boat in the Bay of Biscay and bombed by the RAF on 11 Nov 1942
Unbeaten
Unbeaten
Unbeaten
Unbeaten

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Commanders
1940: Lieutenant   Edward Arthur Woodward
1941: Lieutenant   Compton Patrick Norman
1942: Lieutenant   D E Watson

Ex P33

1941-1942: Mediterranean.

Adoption

By Dr Peter Schofield

Adopted by Hove whose Warship Week was held between 14 - 21 March 1942.
Warship Week Plaque
Warship Week Plaque

Roll of Honour
36
 
Anderson, Robert Jack  P/KX 121857
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 20
Appleby, Charles Henry  C/J 108060
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 35
Baker, Arthur Edward  D/KX 135394
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 19
Bayne, Herbert Henry  P/JX 348816
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 18
Berry, Leonard Edward William  C/SSX 28738
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Blewett, Edward Joseph  MID P/J 109813
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Petty Officer Telegraphist Aged: 34
Brougham, James Jeremy 
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 20
Bruce, James  C/KX 95426
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Stoker 1st Class Aged: 24
Bruin, William  P/JX 326177
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 19
Cannon, Patrick William 
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Lieutenant Aged: 21
Clark, Edwin Alfred  P/JX 353544
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Ordinary Seaman Aged: 31
Forbes, George Dallas  DSM* D/JX 161397
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Leading Seaman Aged: 25
Furr, Frederick Walter  MID C/JX 142498
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Telegraphist Aged: 23
Gale, Edward  D/JX 176933
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Gerrard, Louis  P/SSX 17186
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 24
Haddon, Francis Terence  C/SSX33383
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Telegraphist Aged: 23
Laurance, John Spencer  DSM C/MX 50281
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Aged: 30
Leaf, Sydney Jack  DSM* C/MX 54031
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 21
Malcolm, James  (RNVR) P/ESD/X 1719
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Metherell, Gordon Henry  P/JX 155742
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Mitton, Leonard Henry  P/JX 158613
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Leading Signalman Aged: 20
Morgan, William David  P/SSX 29238
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 21
Morley, Gilbert Edgar  (RNVR) C/HD/X 63
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 26
Norris, Raymond Dean  DSM P/J 107443
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Chief Petty Officer Aged: 35
Ogilvy-Watson, Donald Eric  DSC MID **
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Lieutenant
Oliver, Denis Leigh Burgoyne  MID P/KX 111942
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 22
Piper, Albert Edward  D/JX 133417
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Leading Telegraphist Aged: 28
Smith, Clifford Gledhill  C/SSX 26279
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 22
Stanley, Patrick Joseph  DSM P/KX 92269
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 27
Stockwell, John Edward Frederick  DSM C/SSX 124546 Born: 18th Apr, 1900. 
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Leading Stoker Aged: 42
Thompson, Frank  C/JX 168124
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 28
Tiffin, Lawrence  C/MX 77484
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Aged: 23
Tweedy, Desmond  C/SSX 19106
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Able Seaman Aged: 23
Tweedy, Timothy Christopher 
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Sub Lieutenant Aged: 20
Wright, Geoffrey Harry Anthony  C/KX 79996
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Stoker Petty Officer Aged: 31
Young, Herbert Henry  P/JX 140386
Died: 11th Nov, 1942.
Petty Officer Aged: 24

Events

 22-11-1939   Laid Down
 09-07-1940   Launched
 20-11-1940   Completed
 19-05-1941   HMS Unbeaten attacks the Italian merchant Silvio Scaroni off Tagiura, Libya with a spread of 4 torpedoes that miss the target.
 16-06-1941   While on patrol south of the Messina Strait HMS Unbeaten fires torpedoes at a big Italian troop transport. The torpedoes miss the target.
 15-07-1941   HMS Unbeaten sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire at Marsa Zuag roads, Libya.
 19-08-1941   HMS Unbeaten fires three torpedoes against the Italian troop transport Esperia 15 nautical miles north of Pantelleria but miss the target.
 30-08-1941   HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the Italian sailing vessel V51/Alfa about 25 nautical miles south of Capo dell'Armi, Italy.
 12-01-1942   HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the German submarine U-374 south-west of Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy.
 01-03-1942   HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the Vichy-French merchant PLM 20 about 5 nautical miles east of Mehedia, Tunisia.
 16-03-1942   HMS Unbeaten fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Vettor Pisani off Cape Buzzano, Calabria, Italy. All torpedoes miss.
 17-03-1942   HMS Unbeaten torpedoed & sank Italian submarine Guglielmotti near Cape Spartivento
 24-07-1942   HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vettor Pisani off Argostoli, Greece.
 11-11-1942   HMS Unbeaten attacked and sunk in error by RAF Wellington of No.172 Squadron, Coastal Command. All hands lost. On patrol in Bay of Biscay for German raiders, supply ships and U-boats on passage
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