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P39

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U2
Fate: During an air raid on Malta on 26th March 1942 Submarine P39, which was alongside at the Dockyard for repairs, was hit by a bomb from a Stuka dive bomber. The bomb exploded under the Engine Room Artificer's Mess and almost blew the submarine in two.

There were no casualties as the crew were all ashore in shelters. The submarine was later raised, beached and was written off as a constructive total loss.

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Events

14-10-1940 Laid Down
23-08-1941 Launched
16-11-1941 Completed
26-03-1942 HMS P39 was sitting alongside a jetty in Malta harbour, when german aircraft launched a concerted attack. P39 was seriously damaged and while she did not sink, due to the efforts of the crew, it was decided that she was to badly damaged to be worth repairing. She was towed to Kalkara and beached.

Many of the crew were later lost on Olympus on the way home
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