Unison (P 43)
| Built By: |
Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: |
U2 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped in May 1950 at Stockton. |
HM Submarine UNISON seen in October 1943 in Devonport Dockyard.
Unison (P 43)
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Commanders
| 1941: |
Lieutenant |
Arthur Connuch Halliday
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MID |
| 1942: |
Lieutenant |
Anthony Robert Daniell
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DSC |
| 1943: |
Lieutenant |
John Edwin Ernest Denny Haward
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DSC |
| 1943: |
Lieutenant |
Thomas Erasmus Barlow
|
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| 1943: |
Acting Lieutenant |
Percy Clive Stanbury Pritchard (RNR)
|
MID |
Served with Russian Navy as B3 from 1944-49
Unison pose with their Jolly Roger at Plymouth 1943.
Events
| 08-02-1942 |
HMS Unison sinks the Italian sailing vessels Luigi Verni, Carlo P, and Angela with gunfire off Al Hammamat, Tunisia. |
| 11-02-1942 |
HMS Unison sinks the German coaster Jaedjoer with gunfire off Ras Mahmur, Tunisia. |
| 23-03-1942 |
HMS Unison torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Zeila off Cape Spartivento. |
| 13-06-1942 |
HMS Unison fires four torpedoes at the Italian light cruisers Raimondo Montecuccoli and Emanuelle Filiberto Duca d'Aosta south of Sardinia, Italy. The torpedoes miss. |
| 17-08-1942 |
While on patrol in the Ionian Sea, HMS Unison attacks the Italian merchant Chisone with torpedoes off Zante, Greece. All torpedoes miss. |
| 21-08-1942 |
HMS Unison torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Pozarica off Sivota, Greece. |
| 10-10-1942 |
HMS Unison torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Enrichetta about 12 nautical miles west-south-west of Kyparissia, Greece. |
| 16-11-1942 |
HMS Unison fires four torpedoes against a medium-sized tanker east of Isola Marettimo, Italy. All torpedoes miss. |
| 21-04-1943 |
HMS Unison sinks the Italian merchant Marco Foscarini |
| 16-06-1943 |
HMS Unison torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Terni off Catania, Sicily, Italy. |
Adoption
Officially adopted by
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Urban District and Rural District Warship Week from
14 Mar 1942 to
21 Mar 1942
Both the Urban District and Rural District adoption plaques are held by the Ashby-de-la Zouch Museum
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