HMS
D6
(1910
-
1918)
On 12 May 1918, HMS D6 (Lt C B Barry) was ordered to search for a German U-boat thought to be preparing to attack a troop convoy in the English Channel. Barry detected the U-boat and attacked from a range of 600 yards. The attack was successful and Lt Barry was awarded the DSO and, later, reached flag rank.
Two months later, on 24 June, under a new commanding officer (Lt S A Brooks), D6 was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, by the German U-boat UB73 (Kapitanleutnant Neurether). The Captain and Lt Bell, who were on the bridge, survived and were rescued by UB73; the rest of the crew perished.
Thus, D6 was the first submarine to sink and be sunk by another submarine.
PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THIS UNIT
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