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P222

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Submarine P222 failed to arrive at Algiers and was reported overdue on 21st December 1942.

It was claimed that she was sunk by depth charge attack from the Italian torpedo boat De Fortunale on 12th December, south-east of Isola di Capri in position 40°29'N, 14°20'E.

This is assumed to be reason for the submarine’s loss ‘with all hands’ on 12th December
1942.
P222
P222

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Roll of Honour
47
Died: 12-12-1942
Absolom, Richard William  P/J 102709
Leading Telegraphist Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 36
Arkley, George William  D/KX 86682
Stoker 1st Class Born: 08-10-1915 Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 27
Bibbs, Jack  D/JX 237672
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 22
Bird, Ernest Frank  D/MX 54216
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 30
Brooks, Bertram Alfred  C/J 106898
Chief Petty Officer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 35
Clarkson, George  D/KX 148140
Stoker 2nd Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 20
Close, James Edward  C/JX 155239
Leading Signalman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Cousins, Michael Anthony  (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Cusack, Stanley John George  D/M 34913
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 39
Deakin, Ronald  P/KX 82717
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 28
Dunkinson, Frederick Walter Gates  P/SSX 20876
Petty Officer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 24
Evans, Leslie Gordon  C/J 203926
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Everett, Robin Leslie  C/JX 319322
Ordinary Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 19
Finn, John Stephen  C/SSX 28172
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 24
Fylan, Arthur Patrick  P/JX 157042
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 20
George, Alfred Douglas  D/JX 145607
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 22
Giles, Fitzroy Andrew  D/KX 86320
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 25
Gillard, Stanley Edward  D/JX 212988
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Gowing, Frederick Basil  D/KX 85886
Leading Stoker Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 25
Hartley, William  D/KX 85352
Chief Petty Officer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 27
Hemelryk, Anthony 
Lieutenant Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Herbert, Donald Victor  P/JX 154232
Telegraphist Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Jones, Frederick Henry  D/J 106630
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 36
Kerry, Alick  P/JX 128667
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 32
Knox, William James  P/JX 156418
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 20
Mackenzie, Alexander James 
Lieutenant Commander Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 32
Manson, Alexander  D/JX 144228
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 23
Morgan, John Edwin William  C/JX 134896
Petty Officer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 27
Morton, John Richard  P/KX 93701
Leading Stoker Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 26
Murray, Norman Bagwell  D/MX 58058
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 29
Newman, Robert Thompson  C/MX 77055
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 21
Parfitt, William Frederick  P/J 100705
Petty Officer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 37
Paxton, Ronald William  C/KX 139300
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 19
Ricks, Peter Albert  P/JX 157504
Telegraphist Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 20
Rogers, Bernard Vivian  P/KX 93968
Stoker 1st Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 23
Salter, Albert John  P/KX 90114
Leading Stoker Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 26
Saunders, Horace Edward  P/KX 120189
Leading Stoker Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 27
Scanlan, John  P/KX 84238
Leading Stoker Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 29
Staines, Albert Frank  C/JX 140820
Leading Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 24
Stanley, Victor Alexander  C/JX 327418
Ordinary Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 20
Storr, James Wilfred  P/JX 49736
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 42
Tancock, Sidney James  D/JX 208452
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 22
Taylor, Anthony John Dalzell 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 20
Taylor, Leonard Frederick  DSC (Ex M38743)
Warrant Engineer Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 34
Wilcock, Thomas  C/JX 290035
Able Seaman Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 34
Wilkinson, Leonard  P/MX 45394
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 38
Windham, John Otto  D/MX 46580
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Born: 02-06-1911 Died: 12-12-1942 Aged: 31

Events

10-08-1940 Laid Down
20-09-1941 Launched
04-05-1942 Completed
27-07-1942 P222 intercepted the Vichy French merchant Mitidja off Cape Palos, Spain. The ship was boarded and escorted to Gibraltar by HMS Wrestler.
12-12-1942 HMS P222 sunk by depth charging.

HMS P222 left Gib for patrol off Naples on 30th November 1942. Messages were received from her on 7th December, but after that no more was heard. P222 failed to arrive at Algiers on her due date of 21st December, and the Italians claimed to have sunk a submarine by depth charge on the 12th December. This is the most probable cause of the submarines loss but there has been no conformation.
Comments

Comment by: Anne Clifford on January 25, 2024

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Comment by: Claudio Perazzini on June 17, 2021

Hi, my name is Claudio Perazzini and I am the son of Natale Perazzini, who was a sailor of the "Fortunale" torpedo boat that sank the P222 submarine.

War is something terrible, but if it happens, men must never lose their humanity. I can only say what my father told me "when, after an hour of searching, we found no survivors, all the crew lined up on the ship, saluted militarily and said a prayer for those dead sailors".

After the armistice with the allies, the sailors of the Fortunale voted and decided to continue the war alongside the US and British navies and this is history.

Sorry for possible mistakes, but I used an automatic translator.

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