HMS Union (N56)

HMS "Union" 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 9 December 1939 and was commissioned on 22 February 1941.

Career and sinking

"Union" spent much of her short career operating in the Mediterranean, where she sank the Italian merchant "Pietro Querini". Her success was shortlived however. "Union" sailed from Malta at 1 o’clock on the morning of 14 July 1941 with orders to intercept a convoy north of Tripoli the following day. On 20 July 1941 she was sunk during an attack on the convoy by the Italian torpedo boat "Circe". When she failed to return to Malta she was reported overdue on 22 July 1941. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3533.html HMS Union] , 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
*Colledge