Daily Event for June 21, 2006

June 21, 1942 The HMS P-514 was rammed and sunk in error by the HMCS Georgian off Newfoundland. The P-514 was built as the USS R-19 SS-96 by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, Ca and launched in 1918. She was 186' long and displaced 680 tons submerged. R-19 was stationed in San Pedro until June of 1919 when she was sent to Pearl Harbor and used as a training boat until 1930. She then went to Philadelphia and decommissioned in 1931.

She sat inactive until World War 2 when she was recommissioned in Jan. of 1941. She was used as a training boat, patrolling off Panama and the Virgin Islands until returning to New London in Oct. 1941. The R-19 was still used for training crews at New London until March 9, 1942 when she was decommissioned and recommissioned into the Royal Navy as P-514 as part of the lend-lease act.

On June 21 the Canadian minesweeper Georgian picked up a target while waiting for a convoy she was to escort. The Georgian sent the appropriate signals but received none back, the obvious implication was an enemy U-boat. With a convoy nearing the area the Georgian rammed the unknown submarine and sank it with all hands. Only later did it become known that the unknown sub was P-514. The commanding officer of Georgian, Lt. Alfred G. Stanley, RCNR, was exonerated of blame because he had sent the recognition signal and he had not been told the P-514 would be in his area.
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Roll of Honour
In memory of those who lost their lives in
HMS P-514
"As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us"

Name
Rate
Notes
Allen, Ronald W.
Able Seaman
Bakis, Francis
Stoker 2nd Class
Barnes, Anthony F.
Stoker 2nd Class
Barron, Thomas
Leading Signalman
Battensby, Thomas
Stoker 1st Class
Beal, George
Able Seaman
Bennett, Norman C.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Bentley, Claude A.
Lieutenant (RNR)
*
Binns, James L.
Stoker Petty Officer
Black, Bruce J.
Stoker Petty Officer
Bowden, Harry H.
Petty Officer
Burgess, Reginald F.
Petty Officer
Carter, Richard H.
Petty Officer Telegraphist
Chambers, Arthur W. S.
Able Seaman
Curran, Edward
Stoker 1st Class
Dawson, William J.
Stoker 1st Class
Dickson, George
Leading Stoker
England, Leonard N.
Able Seaman
Gillan, James
Leading Seaman
Goodwin, Herbert
Able Seaman
Gray, John
Stoker Petty Officer
Holt, Frank
Able Seaman
James, Ronald S.
Leading Stoker
Laing, George
Able Seaman
Lidstone, Albert E.
Ordinary Seaman
 
Magill, James F.
Lieutenant (RCNR)
Mason, George R.
Able Seaman
McAlister, James
Petty Officer
McDowall, James R.
Leading Stoker
Milford, John R.
Stoker 1st Class
Murray, Robert
Stoker 2nd Class
Musgrave, Arthur
Telegraphist
Pain, Richard M. E.
Lt. Commander
Patterson, Hugh
Telegraphist
Phillimore, Walter A.
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Powell, Richard W. W.
Able Seaman
Steele, Jack M.
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Tall, Cyril
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
Taylor, Joseph
Lieutenant (RNR)
Ward, Frederick C.
Telegraphist
Wilson, David R.
Able Seaman
Worlock, William H. G.
Able Seaman
       
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Mentioned in Despatches


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