Service Details
Name:
 CURRIE
Given Name:
 FREDERICK BASIL
Initials:
 F B
Rank:
 Lieut-Commander
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M. Submarine Regulus
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Date of Death:
 1940-12-06
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Central Mediterranean - 'overdue, presumed lost'. Sailed from Alexandria, Egypt on 18th November for patrol in southern Adriatic. Failed to return on 6th December and presumed mined around Strait of Otranto area. Italian aircraft claim to have sunk a submarine in these waters on 26th November; all 55 crew lost (southern Adriatic Sea patrol)
Additional
Information:
Son of Colonel O. J. Currie, M.B. (Lond.), South African Medical Corps, and Sarah Gough Currie.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 36, Column 3.

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