In Memory Of
CURRIE, FREDERICK BASIL
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieut-Commander
Unit:
H.M. Submarine Regulus
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1940-12-06
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)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 36, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Colonel O. J. Currie, M.B. (Lond.), South African Medical Corps, and Sarah Gough Currie.
