Allied Warships

HMS H 43 (N 43)

Submarine of the H class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassH 
PennantN 43 
Built byArmstrong Whitworth (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
OrderedJul 1917 
Laid down4 Oct 1917 
Launched3 Feb 1919 
Commissioned13 Oct 1919 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap to West of Scotland shipbreakers, Troon, Scotland in November 1944.

 

Commands listed for HMS H 43 (N 43)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye, RN7 Oct 1939Feb 1940
2Lt.Cdr. Lawrence St George Rich, RNFeb 194015 Apr 1940
3Lt. George Robson Colvin, RN15 Apr 194013 Sep 1940
4Lt. Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton, RN13 Sep 194017 Dec 1940
5Lt. Ian Lachlan Mackay McGeoch, RN17 Dec 19407 Mar 1941
6Lt. John Symons Huddart, RN7 Mar 1941Jun 1941
7Lt. John Dennis Martin, RNJun 194115 Aug 1941
8Lt. Arthur Connuch Halliday, RN15 Aug 194111 Dec 1941
9Lt. Richard Barklie Lakin, DSC, RN11 Dec 19415 Mar 1942
10Lt. Frederick Danford Gordon Challis, DSC, RN5 Mar 1942May 1942

11Lt. Anthony Robert Profit, DSC, RN1 Jul 194210 Aug 1942
12Lt. John Charles Young Roxburgh, DSC, RN10 Aug 194216 Sep 1942
13Lt. Bruce John Bevis Andrew, DSC, RN16 Sep 194227 Nov 1942
14Lt. Robert Boyd, DSC, RN27 Nov 19426 Feb 1943
15Lt. David Swanston, DSC, RN6 Feb 19431 Apr 1943
16Lt. Philip Henry May, RN1 Apr 1943May 1943 ?
17Lt. Eric Allan Hamilton, RNRMay 1943 ?14 Sep 1943
18Lt. Iwan Geoffrey Raikes, DSC, RN14 Sep 194330 Mar 1944
19Lt. Frank Ronald Lawrence, RN30 Mar 1944

20Lt. William Patrick McLoughlin, RN4 Sep 1944

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