HMS Union (N56) explained

HMS Union was a British U class submarine, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 9 December 1939 and was commissioned on 22 February 1941.

Career and sinking

Union spent much of her short career operating in the Mediterranean, where she sank the Italian merchant Pietro Querini. Her success was short-lived however. Union sailed from Malta at 1 o’clock on the morning of 14 July 1941 with orders to intercept a convoy north of Tripoli the following day. On 20 July 1941 she was depth charged and sunk with all hands during an attack on the convoy by the south of Pantelleria. When Union failed to return to Malta she was reported overdue on 22 July 1941.^{[1] [2]}

References

• Book: Akermann, Paul. Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955. reprint of the 1989. 2002. Periscope Publishing. Penzance, Cornwall. 1-904381-05-7.
• Book: Bagnasco, Erminio . Submarines of World War Two . 1977 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 0-87021-962-6.
  • Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Chesneau. Roger. Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich, UK. 1980. 0-85177-146-7.
• Book: McCartney, Innes. Oxford, UK. British Submarines 1939–1945. New Vanguard. 129. 2006. Osprey. 1-84603-007-2.

External links

• The abandoned Pietro Querini photographed by a Malta-based RAF Blenheim. The vessel later sank

36.4564°N 11.7058°W

Notes and References

1. http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3533.html HMS Union
2. Web site: HMS Union . rnsubs.co.uk . 27 September 2022.