HMS XE11 (1944 - 1945)
On 6 March 1945, HMS XE11 (Lt A Staples) collided with the propeller of the boom defence vessel, NORINA, when she drifted out of position while carrying out a training exercise in Loch Striven in the Firth of Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. The propeller gashed XE11 hull and she sank immediately.
The First Lieutenant, W Morrison, and ERA Swatton escaped but the captain and two others were lost.
HMS XE11 was the last British submarine to be lost in World War 2.
PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THIS UNIT
| 6 March 1945 (3) | ||||
| CARROLL | J J | AB | ||
| HIGGINS | E W | Sto 1 | ||
| STAPLES | A | Lt | SANF | |
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