P48
Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
Build Group: | U Group 2 |
Fate: | Depth charged by Italian corvette Ardente in the Gulf of Tunis 25 Dec 1942 |
Roll of Honour
Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
Allen, William Albert | Stoker 2nd Class | D/SKX 374 | 21 | |
Andrew, Thomas | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 118482 | 22 | |
Baddeley, Clifford | Signalman | P/SSX 20694 | 22 | |
Barber, Frederick Henry | Chief Petty Officer | P/J 97480 | 38 | |
Barton, Michael Edward | Michael Edward | D/SSX 28256 | 21 | |
Brookling, Malcolm | Petty Officer Telegraphist | D/JX 140910 | 25 | |
Browning, John | Chief Engine Room Artificer | P/MX 45271 | 32 | |
Bryson, Esme | Telegraphist | D/JX 154530 | 21 | |
Bryson, Esme D/JX 154530 DoB 19/05/1921 At birth Bryson, Esme Howard | ||||
Butler, Cyril William | Petty Officer | C/J 109352 | 34 | |
Byrne, Bernard Randall | Able Seaman | C/JX 131373 | 30 | |
Caddy, Peter | Lieutenant | 20 | ||
Comfort, Arthur | Leading Stoker | P/KX 94774 | 38 | |
Comfort, Arthur P/KX 94774. Also had service numbers J103531 and K60204. | ||||
Day, Thomas Henry | Able Seaman | D/JX 203059 | 24 | |
Dudgeon, Ernest | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | C/MX 76016 | 22 | |
Faber, Michael Elliot | Lieutenant | 28 | ||
Finlayson, Albert Edward | Petty Officer Stoker | C/KX 82465 | 28 | |
Furlong, Thomas Edward | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | P/MX 59023 | 22 | |
Gunn, Robert Reginald | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 133727 | 20 | |
Heywood, Arthur Richard | Able Seaman | D/JX 192786 | 24 | |
Heywood, Arthur Richard D/JX 192786 Birth and Marriage Reg. as Heywood, Richard | ||||
Howard, John Edward | Leading Seaman | P/JX 144086 | 22 | |
Ingram, Frederick George | Leading Seaman | C/JX 179129 | 24 | |
John, William Martin | Telegraphist | D/JX 156509 | 21 | |
Keyte, Joseph Peter | Able Seaman | C/JX 300966 | 20 | |
Lawson, Austin Louis John | Leading Stoker | P/K 65052 | 39 | |
McBeth, James Duncan | Leading Stoker | C/KX 102752 | 24 | |
McIntosh, Alexander Forsyth | Able Seaman | P/JX 263547 | 20 | |
McLaren, William | Leading Seaman | P/SSX 22585 | 23 | |
Mealyou, Alexander Reid | Able Seaman | D/JX 223636 | 22 | |
Mellhuish, Reginald Thomas William | Able Seaman | D/JX 204404 | 22 | |
Orton, Michael Swaffield | Sub Lieutenant | 23 | ||
Pearce, Alexander Jack | Leading Seaman | C/JX 134364 | 28 | |
Scarlett, Leslie Arthur | Telegraphist | P/JX 158661 | 19 | |
Spring Rice, Stephen Edward | Lieutenant | 22 | ||
Williams, Charles Denis | Able Seaman | D/SSX 36520 | 19 | |
Events
22-08-1941 : | Laid Down |
15-04-1942 : | Launched |
18-06-1942 : | Completed |
25-12-1942 : | HMS P48 sailed from Malta on the 23rd December 1942. Two days later she was attacked and sunk through depth charging by the Italian torpedo boat Ardente north west of Zembra Island in the Gulf of Tunis. |
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