Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | U |
Pennant | N 82 |
Mod | Second Group |
Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.) |
Ordered | 4 Sep 1939 |
Laid down | 1 Jan 1940 |
Launched | 30 Dec 1940 |
Commissioned | 10 Jul 1941 |
Lost | 19 Jul 1941 |
Loss position | 53° 09'N, 1° 08'E |
History | HMS Umpire (Lt. Mervyn Robert George Wingfield, RN) was sunk on 19 July 1941 in a collision with the British armed trawler HMS Peter Hendriks north-west of Cromer, Norfolk in position 53º09'N, 01º08'E. She was on passage from Chatham to the Clyde. 22 of her crew went down with the ship. |
Commands listed for HMS Umpire (N 82)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Mervyn Robert George Wingfield, RN | 28 Jan 1941 | 19 Jul 1941 |
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Notable events involving Umpire include:
17 Jul 1941
HMS Umpire (Lt. M.R.G. Wingfield, RN) departed Sheerness for Holy Loch. She joined convoy EC-47.
At Holy Loch she was to begin her training period. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/400
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.