Unruly (P 49)
| Built By: |
Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: |
U2 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped in February 1946 at Inverkeithing. |
HMS Unruly
Unruly (P 49)
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Events
| 11-03-1943 |
HMS Unruly fires two torpedoes against a Spanish merchant off Port Vendres, southern France. Both torpedoes miss. |
| 12-03-1943 |
HMS Unruly torpedoes and sinks the French merchant St Lucien off Port Vendres, southern France. |
| 16-05-1943 |
HMS Unruly torpedoed & damaged the Italian merchant Nicolo Tommaseo |
| 14-06-1943 |
HMS Unruly torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Valentino Coda 19 nautical miles off Cape Vaticano, Italy. |
| 13-07-1943 |
Shortly before 2100, HMS Unruly torpedoes & sinks Italian submarine Acciaio off Cape Vaticano near Messina, Sicily |
| 15-08-1943 |
HMS Unruly torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Cesco off Brindisi, Italy. |
| 08-10-1943 |
HMS Unruly torpedoes and sinks the German minelayer Bulgaria but misses the minelayer Drache south off Amorgos Island, Greece. |
| 02-12-1943 |
HMS Unruly sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire of Levitha island, Greece. |
| 13-12-1943 |
HMS Unruly fires two torpedoes agaist the German auxiliary minelayer Drache off Samos, Greece. Both missed. |
| 08-01-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Cape Doro, Andros Island, Greece. |
| 11-01-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks four sailing vessels with gunfire off Andros Island and Tinos Island, Greece. |
| 12-01-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire north of Syros Island, Greece. |
| 15-01-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Giorgios with gunfire north of Syros Island, Greece. |
| 16-04-1944 |
HMS Unruly fires four torpedoes against the German about 25 nautical miles north of Lemnos, Greece. All torpedoes missed. |
| 19-04-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges in the Gulf of Izmir, Turkey |
| 21-04-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks a sailing vessel with scuttling charges north of Chios Island, Greece. |
| 30-05-1944 |
HMS Unruly sinks a sailing vessel with scuttling charges off Suda Bay, Crete, Greece. |
| 03-07-1944 |
HMS Unruly fires three torpedoes at the German merchants Erpel and Pelikan north-east of Mykonos. The torpedoes miss. |
| 11-07-1944 |
HMS Unruly fires four torpedoes at the German merchant Pelikan south-west of Kos, Greece. The torpedoes miss. |
Adoption
Officially adopted by
Leek Urban District and Rural District Warship Week from
21 Mar 1942 to
28 Mar 1942
Comments
Comment by: Prue Hames on December 31st, 2025
My Father served on HMS Unruly - Able Seaman John Smith DSM
Comment by: Caroline Wetton on January 18th, 2025
My husband's uncle, Geoff Coe, served on the Unruly after his ship HMS Calcutta was torpedoed and sunk in the Med.
Comment by: Robert Findley on August 27th, 2018
One of my cousins served on the HMS Unruly. CPO Hardy
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