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P 33

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U2
Fate: Depth-charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Partenope off Pantelleria 18th August 1941.

HMS P31 left Malta on 6th August 1941 for a patrol off Tripoli. Submarines HMS P32 and HMS Unique left at the same time and were in adjacent patrol areas.

Both of these Submarines heard depth charging on 18th August coming from the area where Submarine P33 was patrolling. It is assumed that this depth charge attack was responsible for the loss of Submarine P33 with all hands.

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Commanders

Commanded throughout her entire career by Lieutenant R D Whiteway-Wilkinson, the submarine was attached to the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at Malta.

Roll of Honour

32
Died: 18-08-1941
Allen, James Henry  D/KX 76249
Leading Stoker Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 33
Askew, Vincent Charles  C/JX 125266
Petty Officer Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 32
Barnes, Robert Henry  C/JX 149939
Leading Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 28
Bilton, Robert Charles  C/SSX 27178
Able Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 21
Briggs, Edward William Robert  P/J 110195
Leading Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 32
Bygott, Robert Hugh 
Lieutenant Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 21
Cunningham, Richard Louis 
Lieutenant Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 22
Doran, Laurence Hugh  P/MX 52834
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 34
Dowler, Cyril George  D/JX 134883
Able Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 26
Fazackerley, Joseph  D/SKX 923
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 26
Frost, Ronald Sycamore  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 32
Gambold, John Oliver  D/KX 82339
Leading Stoker Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 28
Grubb, Ernest George  D/KX 89014
Leading Stoker Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 25
Gurdy, Charles Stewart  (RNVR) D/JX 225249
Ordinary Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 32
Number D/MD/X 674 on CWGC
Hankey, Kenneth  C/SSX 15611
Able Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 24
Harms, John  P/JX 127651
Able Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 31
Howlett, George Leonard  C/JX 130174
Petty Officer Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 30
Jago, Thomas Ebenezer  D/JX 133419
Leading Signalman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 27
Jehu, Thomas Leslie  C/SSX 17276
Able Seaman Born: 31-03-1918 Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 23
RN DoB 31/03/1916
McMahon, James  D/JX 134310
Leading Telegraphist Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 26
McNeilage, Charles  P/K 64170
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 37
Medley, John  D/KX 81457
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 27
Morcomb, Thomas  D/KX 85166
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 25
Morris, Charles Bernard  C/SSX 29879
Telegraphist Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 20
Morrison, William  D/J 107193
Able Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 33
Moulder, Ernest Thomas  D/JX 208454
Ordinary Seaman Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 21
Smith, Albert Hamilton  D/J 107094
Telegraphist Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 34
Smith, Sidney Thomas  C/KX 80449
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 30
Sparrow, William James  D/M 35317
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 37
Warner, Albert  C/JX 224572
Ordinary Seaman Born: 17-01-1917 Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 24
RN DoB 17/01/1919
Whiteway-Wilkinson, Reginald Denis  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 27
Wolverson, John Thomas  DSM D/J 112760
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 18-08-1941 Aged: 31

Events

26-07-1940 Laid Down
28-01-1941 Launched
30-05-1941 Completed
15-07-1941 HMS P 33 torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Barbarigo off Pantellaria Island. During a counter attack P 33 was damaged by the Italian torpedo boat Procione.
06-08-1941 Patrol off Sicily.
18-08-1941 HMS P33 was lost

On 6th August 1941 HMS P33 sailed from Malta with orders to intercept an Italian convoy bound for Libya.

On 18th August HMS P32 reported hearing a prolonged depth charge attack that lasted for two hours. When the attack was finally over P32 attempted to contact P33 but received no response and it is almost certain that P33 had perished in the attack.
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