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P 33
12
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.

Look up P 33 in the Boat Database

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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A Tribute To Submariners

I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.

There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.

It is the most dangerous of all services.

That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.

I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.

Winston Churchill


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