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HMS Urge
HMS Urge, N 17 was built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She was launched on the 19th of August 1940.
HMS Urge left Malta on 27th April 1942 for Alexandria. On the 29th of April she was spotted off Ras-el-Hilal, Lybia by an Italian aircraft which dropped depth charges. HMS Urge was reported overdue on on 6th of May 1942 when she failed to arrive at Alexandria, presumed lost with all hands.
23rd Oct 1944 Attacks Made
11th Oct 1944 On the Move
27th Nov 1944 Air Attacks
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Urge during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Hellyer DSM. Reginald. ERA. (d.29th April 1942)
- Lloyd Brian N. T.. Sub.Lt.
- Lomax MID. Frank. Able.Sea.
- Wilkes Samuel Cornelius. Ldg.Stok. (d.6th May 1942)
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Ldg.Stok. Samuel Cornelius Wilkes HMS Urge (d.6th May 1942) On 27th of April 1942, Samuel Wilkes' vessel, the submarine HMS Urge, sank after hitting a mine off the island of Malta.
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Able.Sea. Frank Lomax MID. HMS Sleuth Frank Lomax served on:
- HMS Raleigh, 3rd July 1940 as an ordinary seaman.
- HMS Drake 10th September 1940.
- HMS Defiance 2nd October 1940.
- HMS Dolphin 6th February 1941.
- HMS Maidstone 26th April 1941; 27th June 1941 as Able Seaman; 3rd July 1941 Able Seaman.
- HMS St Angelo (SC) 18th July 1941; (HM Sub Urge) 16th September 1941. (Sub lost 28th April 1942); (SC) 16th November 1941.
- HMS Talbot (HMS Sub Una) 28th February 1943.
- HMS Dolphin (S/M's) 2nd March 1943.
- HMS Ambrose (S/M's) 14th May 1943.
- HMS Ambrose (HM Sub Sea Dog) 12th October 1943.
- HMS Forth (HM Sea Dog) 15th August 1944; (S/M's) 29th November 1944; (HM Sub Sleuth) 10th January 1945.
- HMS Maidstone (HM Sub Sleuth) 12 January 1945.
- HMS Dolphin (HM Sub Sleuth) 1st October 194; (S/M's) 22nd February 1946 Released Class A.
He was Mentioned in Dispatches:
for Distinguished Service (HM Sub Unseen) No. 1 1st June 1943 - Parchment.
and for Distinguished Service (HM Sub Sleuth) No. 2 18th December 1945 - Parchment.
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Sub.Lt. Brian N. T. Lloyd HMS Malaya My late uncle, Brian N.T.Lloyd, joined the Royal Navy prior to WW2 and served as a Midshipman and Sub Lieutenant on HMS Malaya. In 1941 he was in Fort St Angelo, Malta where he joined the submarine HMS Urge for a mission to Sciliy to pick up a secret agent. Alas, he never returned from that mission.
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