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. Subsequent events are unknown, but she most likely struck mines in the vicinity of Cape Bon some time after 25 April 1941. She was reported overdue on 3 May 1941.[1][2]
other, ships, with, same, name, british, class, submarine, second, group, that, class, built, vickers, armstrong, barrow, furness, laid, down, november, 1939, commissioned, october, 1940, history, united, kingdom, namehms, buildervickers, armstrong, barrow, fu. For other ships with the same name see HMS Usk 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 HMS Usk N65 History United Kingdom NameHMS Usk BuilderVickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness Laid down6 November 1939 Launched7 June 1940 Commissioned11 October 1940 FateSunk 29 April 1941 Badge General characteristics DisplacementSurfaced 540 tons standard 630 tons full load Submerged 730 tons Length58 22 m 191 feet Beam4 90 m 16 ft 1 in Draught4 62 m 15 ft 2 in Propulsion2 shaft diesel electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators electric motors 615 825 hp Speed11 25 knots max surfaced 10 knots max submerged Complement27 31 Armament4 bow internal 21 inch 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 external 10 torpedoes 1 3 inch 76 mm gunCareer and loss editUsk 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 Subsequent events are unknown but she most likely struck mines in the vicinity of Cape Bon some time after 25 April 1941 She was reported overdue on 3 May 1941 1 2 Notes edit HMS Usk uboat net Submarine losses 1904 to present day Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine RN Submarine Museum GosportReferences editColledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 Hutchinson Robert 2001 Jane s Submarines War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day London HarperCollins ISBN 978 0 00 710558 8 OCLC 53783010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Usk N65 amp oldid 1162236914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
