Unsparing (P 55)
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped on 14th February 1946 at Inverkeithing. |
Unsparing (P 55)
Commanders
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Aston Dalzell Piper (RNR) | DSC |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Cecil Robert Peter Charles Branson | |
| 1945: | Acting Lieutenant | John David Tweedie (RNVR) |
Roll of Honour |
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| Wilson, Harry C/SSX 27724 | |||
| Died: 31st Oct, 1943. | |||
| Able Seaman | |||
| The Submarine had been carrying out a Surface Gun Action against a troop carrying caique. When the caique returned fire, the Submarine broke off the action. Whilst clearing the decks for diving a shell hit the base of the Conning Tower and Able Seaman Wilson was wounded and lost over the side. The Gunnery Officer and Petty Officer were also wounded. |
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Events
| 11-08-1941 | Laid Down |
| 28-07-1942 | Launched |
| 29-11-1942 | Completed |
| 31-07-1943 | HMS Unsparing torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Flegetonte off Bari, Italy. |
| 29-09-1943 | HMS Unsparing sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire off Kythira Island, Greece. |
| 29-10-1943 | HMS Unsparing torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Ingeborg west of the Island of Stampalia, Greece. |
| 31-10-1943 | HMS Unsparing damages a sailing vessel with gunfire south of Cape Koraxas, Amorgos Island, Greece. |
| 02-12-1943 | HMS Unsparing sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Levitha island, Greece. |
| 15-01-1944 | HMS Unsparing sinks two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire off Lemnos Island, Greece |
| 19-02-1944 | HMS Unsparing torpedoes and damages the German merchant Peter in the Aegean north of Skiathos Island. |
| 22-02-1944 | HMS Unsparing sinks the Greek sailing vessel Evangelistria with gunfire off Volos, Greece. |
| 21-06-1944 | HMS Unsparing sinks the German submarine chaser UJ 2106, the German barge Sybille and the German ferry SF 284 south of Cape Maleas, Greece. |
| 14-02-1946 | Scrapped at Inverkeithing. |
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