HMS Union (N56)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Union.
History
Name: HMS Union
Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 9 December 1939
Launched: 1 October 1940
Commissioned: 22 February 1941
Fate: sunk 20 July 1941
General characteristics
Displacement:
  • 960 long tons (980 t) surfaced
  • 1,150 long tons (1,170 t) submerged
Length: 192 ft (58.5 m)
Beam: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Draught: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Installed power:
  • 615 bhp (459 kW) (diesel)
  • 825 hp (615 kW) (electric)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 11.25 kn (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) surfaced
  • 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range: 4,050 nmi (7,500 km; 4,660 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on the surface
Test depth: 200 feet (61.0 m)
Complement: 33
Armament:

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 short-lived 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 with all hands 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.[1][2]

References

  1. HMS Union, Uboot.net
  2. Submarine losses 1904 to present day, RN Submarine Museum, Gosport

External links

Coordinates: 36°27′23″N 11°42′21″E / 36.45639°N 11.70583°E / 36.45639; 11.70583

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