P38
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U Group 2 |
| Fate: | Depth charged by Italian TB Circe and Usodimare off Tunisian coast on 23 Feb 1942. |
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Atkinson, Leonard | Able Seaman | D/JX 238569 | 24 | |
| Beckett, Stanley Walter | Petty Officer Telegraphist | P/J 112814 | 33 | |
| Benfield, George Edward | Petty Officer | P/JX 128783 | 31 | |
| Brightman, Leonard | Able Seaman | C/J 97384 | 37 | |
| Brightman, Leonard DoB 22/12/1904 Age 37 CWGC has Age 33 | ||||
| Brown, Leonard James | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 96835 | 20 | |
| Butler, Samuel | Able Seaman | D/JX 188247 | 22 | |
| Durnell, Clarence William | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | D/MX 75078 | 20 | |
| Edwell, Ernest Robert | Leading Seaman | C/J 101500 | 36 | |
| Eustace, David Airy | Lieutenant | 21 | ||
| Ferguson, Arthur James | Telegraphist | P/JX 153630 | 20 | |
| Gover, Richard Eustace | Able Seaman | C/JX 190485 | 20 | |
| Gray, Alan Moir | Sub Lieutenant | 20 | ||
| Guest, George | Leading Stoker | D/KX 90669 | 27 | |
| Hallsworth, Arthur Sidney | Able Seaman | D/JX 186407 | 20 | |
| Hemingway, Rowland John | Lieutenant | DSC | 28 | |
| Jackson, William | Stoker 2nd Class | D/SKX 1233 | 19 | |
| Kerr, Walter Thomas | Stoker Petty Officer | P/KX 81825 | 31 | |
| Lawler, Peter John Alfred | Able Seaman | C/JX 221120 | 27 | |
| Marrable, Donald Leonard | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | C/MX 50282 | 30 | |
| Mercer, Cornelius Abraham George | Leading Telegraphist | D/KX 148281 | 21 | |
| Merkel, Phillip Thomas | Petty Officer | P/JX 130551 | 29 | |
| Pidgeon, Stephen Arthur | Lieutenant (RNR) | 29 | ||
| Born in Melbourne 29/07/1913 | ||||
| Porteous, Kenneth | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 92187 | 24 | |
| Robinson, Alfred Henry | Leading Telegraphist | C/JX 133890 | 27 | |
| Ronald, George Henry | Able Seaman | C/SSX 26013 | 22 | |
| Salter, Charles Henry | Able Seaman | P/JX 145845 | 21 | |
| Schroeder, John Charles | Chief Engine Room Artificer | C/M 35645 | 37 | |
| Scouse, Eric Oscar | Able Seaman | P/JX 139585 | 25 | |
| Shipley, Philip | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 111361 | 20 | |
| Turnbull, Frederick | Able Seaman | C/SSX 20030 | 24 | |
| Wallace, John | Leading Stoker | C/KX 75404 | 34 | |
| Weaver, James Thomas | Signalman | D/SSX 29182 | 20 | |
Events
| 02-09-1940 : | Laid Down |
| 09-07-1941 : | Launched |
| 17-10-1941 : | Completed |
| 15-02-1942 : | HMS P38 torpedoes and sinks Italian merchant Ariosto off Tunisia. 138 Allied POW's are lost |
| 23-02-1942 : | HMS P38 left Malta on 16th February 1942 to intercept a convoy off Tripoli. By the 23rd she was in position as the convoy hove into view. Amongst the convoy was the Italian destroyer Circe. At 0800 the Circe reported contact with a submarine and the warships turned to attack. A periscope was sighted but was quickly replaced by bubbles as the submarine dived realising it had been spotted. At 1050 after a flurry of attacks HMS P38 rose stern first out of the water, her propellers turning wildly, before crashing back beneath the waves. A large patch of oil appeared on the surface as well as debris - clear evidence of the submarines destruction. |
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