HMS
H31
(1917
-
1941)
HMS H31 (Lt F B Gibbs) deployed to Brest on 19 December 1941 to form part of the blockade around Brest established to prevent the breakout of the German pocket battleships SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU.
The Submarine was escorted as far as the Wolfe Rock and left her escort on 19 December 1941. H31 was not heard from again and was considered lost with all hands on the 20 December. It is assumed that she struck a mine in the Bay of Biscay.
PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THIS UNIT
Last Name
Initials
Rank
Decorations
Service
December 24, 1941
BAILEY
J S
Sto 1
BARTLETT
E
SPO
RFR
BENSON
R
Ord Tel
CAMPBELL
P D N
Lt
RNVR
CARSON
J H
Sto 1
CHAMPION
C H B
AB
DSM
CORRY
J
L Sto
CRAGER
A J
ERA 5
DOUGHTY
H
AB
DOWDELL
F H G
Tel
ENSBY
A E
AB
EYNON
M
Lt
RNVR
FRASER
A
ERA 4
GIBBS
F B
Lt
MiD
GOODMAN
L T
LS
GRAINGER
J J
Sto 2
HARLEY
W L G
Tel
HOLROYD
W
L Sto
RFR
HURLEY
J B
AB
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