P 32 |
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| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | Submarine P32 was on patrol off Tripoli on 18th August 1942 when a convoy of five ships was sighted. The Commanding Officer attempted to dive under a minefield to give himself a better chance of attacking but the Submarine hit a mine that exploded, sending Submarine P32 to the bottom. Eight men in the fore-ends were killed by the collision and twenty-two survived the bottoming. Three of the crew including the Captain made an escape from the Conning Tower whilst the remainder attempted an escape from the Engine Room. Only two of the Crew made a successful escape. Lt Abdy and CPO Kirk survived as POWs. |
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| Ballard, Frederick | ||||||
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| Breeds, Ronald Mark | ||||||
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| Corn, Charles Foster | ||||||
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| Waddington, Frederick James | ||||||
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| Winter, James | ||||||
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| Giles, Arthur | ||||||
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| Martin, William Henry | ||||||
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| Cooper, Sidney Wesley | ||||||
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| Chapman, Victor Frank | ||||||
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| Print, George Edward | ||||||
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| Stewart, William Ross | ||||||
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| Hargreaves, Eric | ||||||
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| Edwards, Harold | ||||||
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| Morris, Richard Lionel Stanley | ||||||
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| McLane, William | ||||||
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| Roberts, James Thomas | ||||||
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| Styles, William John | ||||||
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| Barrow, Wallace Charles | ||||||
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| Walford, Denis Eustace DSM | ||||||
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| Bates, Colin | ||||||
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| Kelly, Patrick | ||||||
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| Scard, Ronald James | ||||||
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| Wallen, Fred | ||||||
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| Banks, William James Thomas | ||||||
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| Bowman, Leslie Wilson | ||||||
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| Millar, Michael Fitzadam | ||||||
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| Smithard, Richard MacLean | ||||||
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| Barnett, Arthur | ||||||
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| Honeysett, Frederick Robert John | ||||||
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| Lyons, Thomas | ||||||
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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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We Will Remember Them |
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| Class: | 1966 - 1994: Valiant Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 2 |
| Fate: | |
| Laid Up in Devonport. Valiant, was decommissioned at Devonport in 1994 due to cracks being discovered in the primary to secondary cooling system. | |
The story of HM Submarine Upholder, ordered just days before the Second World War started.
Serving with the 10th Submarine Flotilla, she was commanded by David Wanklyn VC. One of the most successful British submarines of World War Two, sinking two destroyers, three submarines, three transports, ten merchant ships, two tankers and one trawler, totalling 128,353 tons of shipping.
Upholder sailed out of Grand Harbour, Valetta, in Malta in April 1942, never to be seen again, and is believed sunk off the Lybian coast, near Tripoli.
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| Class: | 1966 - 1994: Valiant Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 2 |
| Fate: | |
| Laid Up in Devonport. Valiant, was decommissioned at Devonport in 1994 due to cracks being discovered in the primary to secondary cooling system. | |
The story of HM Submarine Upholder, ordered just days before the Second World War started.
Serving with the 10th Submarine Flotilla, she was commanded by David Wanklyn VC. One of the most successful British submarines of World War Two, sinking two destroyers, three submarines, three transports, ten merchant ships, two tankers and one trawler, totalling 128,353 tons of shipping.
Upholder sailed out of Grand Harbour, Valetta, in Malta in April 1942, never to be seen again, and is believed sunk off the Lybian coast, near Tripoli.
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