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HMS
H49
(1919
-
1940)
HMS H49 was a British H-class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was launched on 15 July 1919 and commissioned on 25 October 1919.
H49 (Lt R E Coltart, DSC) sailed from Harwich on 17 October 1940 to patrol in the North Sea. She was due to return on 28 October.
H49 was sighted and eventually sunk with only one survivor following depth charge attacks by German submarine chasers UJ 116 and UJ 118. The survivor, L Sto G W Oliver, was picked up by one of the German ships and interned as a PoW in Germany. He was repatriated to the UK in 1945.
PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THIS UNIT
Last Name
Initials
Rank
Decorations
Service
October 27, 1940
AMERY
J
ERA 3
BOYLES
A
A/SPO
CAIE
E J
L Tel
RFR
CAREW-HUNT
A
Sub Lt
COLEMAN
F G
AB
COLTART
R E
Lt
DSC
COTTON
W A
CERA
DSM
CRIPPS
R V
ERA 2
MiD
DAVIDSON
J H
CPO
DSM
DEARDEN
L H L
Sub Lt
EDMONDS
C W
AB
RFR
FEARY
E W
PO
GASSER
T J
Tel
HERRETT
D
Sto 1
HILLS
F G
L Sig
MiD
RFR
HOBBS
H T B
AB
RFR
HULL
J
Tel
KNOWLES
A C
L Sig
RFR
McKAY
S N
AB
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