Godfrey Paul Darling, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | Apr 1941 | HMS Usk | |
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Warship Commands listed for Godfrey Paul Darling, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 44 (N 44) | Lt. | Submarine | 19 Oct 1940 | Nov 1940 |
| HMS H 33 (N 33) | Lt. | Submarine | 22 Nov 1940 | 6 Jan 1941 |
| HMS Usk (i) (N 65) | Lt. | Submarine | 7 Mar 1941 | 3 May 1941 |
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Submarine HMS H 44 (N 44)
21 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 44 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) conducted special trials / exercises off Rosyth. (1)
25 Oct 1940
HMS H 44 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) conducted special trials / exercises off Rosyth. (1)
29 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 44 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) conducted special trials / exercises off Rosyth after which she proceeded to Methill roads. (1)
31 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 44 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) departed Methill for Sheerness. She made the passage with a convoy. (1)
2 Nov 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 44 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) arrived at Sheerness where she was taken in hand for refit at the Sheerness Dockyard. (2)
Submarine HMS H 33 (N 33)
23 Nov 1940
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (3)
24 Nov 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (3)
26 Nov 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (3)
27 Nov 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (3)
3 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
9 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
10 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
11 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) proceeded from Tobermory to Oban. (4)
12 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) returned to Tobermory from Oban. (4)
14 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
17 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
20 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
21 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
24 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
26 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. Upon completion of these exercises she proceeded to Oban. (4)
27 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) returned to Tobermory from Oban. (4)
28 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
29 Dec 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (4)
1 Jan 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory. (5)
2 Jan 1941
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) departed Tobermory for Rothesay. (5)
3 Jan 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) arrived at Rothesay. (5)
Submarine HMS Usk (i) (N 65)
19 Apr 1941
HMS Usk (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) departed Malta for her 6th war patrol (2nd in the Mediterranean). She was ordered to patrol off Marettimo Island.
Usk had been repairing at Malta for nearly two months after being damaged by a near miss during an air raid.
25 Apr 1941
HMS Usk (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) sent her last signal at 2100 hours. She reported that she was proceeding to patrol off Cape Bon, Tunisia due to intense A/S activity in the Marettimo area.
According to Italian sources she may have been sighted by the destroyer Aviere who reported a submarine 20 miles north of Marettimo at 0930/24.
26 Apr 1941
HMS Usk (Lt. G.P. Darling, RN) was ordered by Captain S.1's signal of 1254/26 to form a patrol line with HMS Unbeaten (Lt. E.A. Woodward, RN), HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO, RN), HMS Upholder (Lt.Cdr. M.D. Wanklyn, RN), HMS Ursula (Lt. A.J. Mackenzie, RN), HMS Upright (Lt. R.S. Brookes, DSC, RN) and HMS Truant (Lt.Cdr. H.A.V. Haggard, RN) in position 37°00'N, 11°00'E - 000° - 30'-40'. However, a destroyer had been observed a large patch of oil at 2025/26 and she was told that she was authorised to withdraw to the northwest, near Cape Bon. She never answered and is believed to have been sunk most probably by mine off Cape Bon.
The Vichy French freighter S.N.A. 7 (2679 GRT, built 1922) on her way to Sousse, was torpedoed or mined near Cape Bon at 0720 hours on 27 April. Could this have been the work of HMS Usk? It is not impossible but, on 24 April, the Italian torpedo boat Simone Schiaffino was mined and sunk on a minefield about 7 miles northeast of Cape Bon and it was believed that S.N.A. 7 had been the victim of one of these mines. It is also probable that Usk was lost on the same minefield. There were no survivors.
Sources
- ADM 173/16322
- ADM 199/2556
- ADM 173/16299
- ADM 173/16300
- ADM 173/16746
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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