June 21, 1942 The HMS P-514 was rammed and sunk in error by the HMCS Georgian off Newfoundland. The P-514 was built as the USS R-19 SS-96 by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, Ca and launched in 1918. She was 186' long and displaced 680 tons submerged. R-19 was stationed in San Pedro until June of 1919 when she was sent to Pearl Harbor and used as a training boat until 1930. She then went to Philadelphia and decommissioned in 1931.

She sat inactive until World War 2 when she was recommissioned in Jan. of 1941. She was used as a training boat, patrolling off Panama and the Virgin Islands until returning to New London in Oct. 1941. The R-19 was still used for training crews at New London until March 9, 1942 when she was decommissioned and recommissioned into the Royal Navy as P-514 as part of the lend-lease act.

On June 21 the Canadian minesweeper Georgian picked up a target while waiting for a convoy she was to escort. The Georgian sent the appropriate signals but received none back, the obvious implication was an enemy U-boat. With a convoy nearing the area the Georgian rammed the unknown submarine and sank it with all hands. Only later did it become known that the unknown sub was P-514. The captain of the Georgian was exonerated of blame because he had sent the recognition signal and he had not been told the P-514 would be in his area.

USS Beaver ID# 2302 with 6 R Class submarines (R-15 - R-20)