HMS Usk (N65)

HMS "Usk" was a British U class submarine, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 6 November 1939 and was commissioned on 11 October 1940.

Career and loss

"Usk" spent most of her short career operating in the Mediterranean. She sailed from Malta to patrol off the north west coast of Sicily on 19 April 1941. "Usk" was later ordered to alter her position due to intense anti-submarine activity. What happened subsequently is not known but she was most likely mined in the vicinity of Cape Bon some time after 25 April 1941. She was reported overdue on 3 May 1941. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3539.html HMS Usk] , Uboot.net] [ [http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/general/losses.htm Submarine losses 1904 to present day] , RN Submarine Museum, Gosport]

References

* "Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson
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