Name HMS P39 Commissioned 16 November 1941 Construction started 14 October 1940 Builder Vickers-Armstrongs | Laid down 14 October 1940 Class and type U-class submarine Launched 23 August 1941 | |
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Fate destroyed in an air raid 26 March 1942 Displacement Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load
Submerged - 730 tons | ||
HMS P39 was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.
Sinking
P39 had a short-lived career with the Royal Navy. She was assigned to operate in the Mediterranean, based in Malta as part of the 10th Flotilla. She was in harbour following a patrol in the area east of Tunisia whilst previous bomb damage was being repaired. She was then further damaged by German bombers. She was considered too badly damaged for repair, and was salvaged, towed to Kalkara and beached in 1943, but again badly damaged by another air attack. Many of the crew were subsequently lost on HMS Olympus on their way home to the UK. P39 was finally broken up in 1954.
References
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