HMS P39
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | U-class submarine |
| Name: | HMS P39 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 14 October 1940 |
| Launched: | 23 August 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 16 November 1941 |
| Fate: | destroyed in air raid 26 March 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons |
| Length: | 58.22 m (191 feet) |
| Beam: | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft diesel-electric |
| Speed: |
11.25 knots max surfaced 10 knots max submerged |
| Complement: | 27-31 |
| Armament: |
4 bow internal 21 inch torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 - 3 inch gun |
HMS P39 was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.
[edit] Sinking
P39 had a shortlived career with the Royal Navy. She was assigned to operate in the Mediterranean, based out of 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 later lost on HMS Olympus on their way home to the UK. P39 was finally broken up in 1954.
[edit] References
- HMS P 39. uboat.net.
- P32 to P222. British submarines of World War II.
- Submarine losses 1904 to present day. RN Submarine Museum, Gosport.
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
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