Richard Barklie Lakin DSO, DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | 1 Mar 2011 | ||
| Ranks
Retired: 13 Nov 1946 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Richard Barklie Lakin, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 43 (N 43) | Lt. | Submarine | 11 Dec 1941 | 5 Mar 1942 |
| HMS Ursula (N 59) | Lt. | Submarine | 6 Mar 1942 | Jan 1943 |
| HMS Safari (P 211) | Lt. | Submarine | 27 Apr 1943 | ??? |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Ursula (N 59)
11 Nov 1942
HMS Ursula (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSC, RN) attacks but misses the German submarine U-73 off Cabo de Gata, Spain in position 36º42'N, 01º46W.
1 Dec 1942
HMS Ursula (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser V 135 / Togo (108 GRT) with scuttling charges some 15 miles south of Cape Mele, Corsica, France.
3 Dec 1942
HMS Ursula (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Sainte Marguerite II (1855 GRT) near San Remo, Italy.
28 Dec 1942
HMS Ursula (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Odysseus (4140 GRT, former Norwegian Gran offsite link) about 12 nautical miles north-west of Marettimo Island, Italy in position 38º09'N, 11º54'E.
30 Dec 1942
HMS Ursula (Lt R b Lakin DSC RN) was in the process of attacking a southbound convoy of three large Merchant Vessels escorted by four Destroyers off Cape St Vito, Sicily at approximately 0500 to 0600. Ursula had penetrated the Destroyer screen and was on the point of firing torpedoes when the convoy as a whole changed course and overran Ursula destroying both Periscopes and Standards.
Ursula survived and arrived at Algiers some five days later.