HMS Usk (N65)
{{Short description|British U class submarine}}
{{other ships|HMS Usk}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Hms_usk_n65_submarine.jpg |Ship caption= HMS Usk (N65) }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship class= |Ship name=HMS Usk |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |Ship laid down= 6 November 1939 |Ship launched= 7 June 1940 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 11 October 1940 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship captured= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship fate=Sunk 29 April 1941 |Ship badge=File:USK badge-1-.jpg }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship displacement=*Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load
|Ship length=58.22 m (191 feet) |Ship beam=4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |Ship draught=4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=*2 shaft diesel-electric
|Ship speed=*11.25 knots max surfaced
|Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=27-31 |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 external
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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. 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.[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3539.html HMS Usk], uboat.net[http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/general/losses.htm Submarine losses 1904 to present day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808171910/http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/general/losses.htm |date=8 August 2007 }}, RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book | last = Hutchinson | first = Robert | title = Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day | year = 2001 | location = London | publisher = HarperCollins | isbn = 978-0-00-710558-8 | oclc = 53783010 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/janessubmarinesw0000hutc }}
{{British U class submarine}}
{{April 1941 shipwrecks}}
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Category:British U-class submarines
Category:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
Category:World War II submarines of the United Kingdom
Category:Lost submarines of the United Kingdom