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Usurper (P 56)

Built By: Vickers (Tyne)
Build Group: U2
Fate: On 24th September 1943 HMS Usurper left Algiers for a patrol off La Spezia, Italy. On 3rd October. Lieutenant Mott was ordered to move north to an area in the Gulf of Genoa in an area later identified as containing Italian Minefield QB192.

HMS Usurper was patrolling in the Gulf of Genoa when the German anti-submarine vessel UJ-2208 reported that she had been unsuccessfully attacked. In the counterattack which followed UJ-2208 reported sinking a Submarine.

It is possible that HMS Usurper was sunk in this attack but, she might also have been lost in a minefield. HMS Usurper did not respond to any signals and failed to arrive back at Algiers on 12th October 1942 and was reported lost with all hands
Usurper (P 56)
Usurper (P 56)

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Commanders
1942: Lieutenant   David Roger Oakeley Mott DSC

Roll of Honour
46
Died: 12-10-1943
Abraham, Cedric Ernest William  C/JX 215054
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 26
Allan, Wilfred  D/JX 563155
Ordinary Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 18
Anderson, John David Shanks 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 19
Appleby, Thomas William  P/JX 155434
Leading Telegraphist Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 21
Baker, George William  P/JX 358368
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 19
Ballantyne, James Ross  D/KX 86977
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 27
Bethell, William John  D/JX 286982
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Bird, William Henry  P/MX 48306
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 36
Carson, Edward Henry Sidney  D/JX 158782
Telegraphist Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 20
Charman, John  P/JX 142727
Chief Petty Officer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 25
Collins, Michael Higgins  P/SSX 22995
Leading Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
Cooper, Sidney George  C/JX 142915
Leading Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 24
Davies, Mervyn Ebenezer  DSM P/JX 143196
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 24
Davies, Thomas Barrie  P/JX 358192
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 19
Eldridge, Hubert Arthur  C/JX180661
Telegraphist Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 19
Flynn, James Reginald  P/KX 95906
Leading Stoker Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
Frost, Patrick Anthony Stirling 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 21
Fylan, James Reginald  P/KX 82494
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 28
Griffiths, William John  D/JX 269375
Telegraphist Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Harman, William Parker  P/MX 93368
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Hilton, Joshua Herbert  D/KX 133098
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 21
Jackson, Leonard Philips  P/J 112129
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 34
Johnstone, William Plunkett Dunning  C/JX 151079
Petty Officer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Jordan, Sidney Lloyd 
Lieutenant Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
Knowles, Maurice Henry  D/KX 159978
Stoker 2nd Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 20
Little, Arthur  D/MX 74203
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Meaker, Eric Knowles  P/JX 149714
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Mott, David Roger Oakley  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
Pike, Robert Francis  D/JX 366699
Ordinary Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 19
Quayle, William Horsley  P/KX 146834
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 35
Rayner, Bertie William Fearnley  DSM C/JX 130051
Petty Officer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 32
Render, Oswald  D/JX 287917
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Roberts, James William  C/KX 140723
Stoker 1st Class Born: 06-05-1926 Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 17
RN DoB 06/05/1924
Rodwell, Richard Herbert  P/JX 235070
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Searle, Frederick William  C/SSX 32296
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
Smallwood, Thomas Jack  C/SSX 32523
Leading Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
Smedley, Frank  D/JX 237791
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 21
Sutton, Thomas Henry  P/KX 88994
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 28
Taaffe, Geoffrey  C/KX 152295
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 19
Taylor, Clifford  P/JX 168050
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 24
Taylor, Victor  P/JX 273528
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 22
Upex, Francis Arthur Edwin  P/JX 148084
Leading Signalman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 23
White, George  P/JX 263859
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 32
Whitfield, Leslie George Herbert  D/KX 144682
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 20
Wisdom, Robert Edward  D/JX 293581
Able Seaman Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 20
Worth, John Harold 
Lieutenant Died: 12-10-1943 Aged: 25

Events

 19-08-1941   Laid Down
 24-09-1942   Launched
 02-02-1943   Completed
 28-04-1943   HMS Usurper makes a torpedo attack on the German submarine U-467 in the Norwegian Sea. The target was not hit.
 27-07-1943   HMS Usurper sinks the French Chateau Yquem
 12-10-1943   On 24th September 1943 HMS Usurper left Algiers for a patrol off La Spezia, Italy. On 3rd October. Lieutenant Mott was ordered to move north to an area in the Gulf of Genoa in an area later identified as containing Italian Minefield QB192.

HMS Usurper was patrolling in the Gulf of Genoa when the German anti-submarine vessel UJ-2208 reported that she had been unsuccessfully attacked. In the counterattack which followed UJ-2208 reported sinking a Submarine.

It is possible that HMS Usurper was sunk in this attack but, she might also have been lost in a minefield. HMS Usurper did not respond to any signals and failed to arrive back at Algiers on 12th October 1942 and was reported lost with all hands
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