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P 38
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Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U2
Fate: On 23rd February 1942 Submarine P38 was detected off the Tunisian coast by the Italian Torpedo Boat Circe which made a depth charge attack which blew the submarine to the surface.

There was then a gunfire attack by the Italian Destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare after which P38 submerged again.

Further depth charge attacks were made by both Antoniotto Usodimare and Emmanuel Pessagno which, again, brought Submarine P38 to the surface before sinking for the last time.

Submarine P38 was lost with all hands.

Look up P 38 in the Boat Database

 
D/JX 238569
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 24
Atkinson, Leonard
Able Seaman
C/J 97384
Born: 22nd Dec, 1904.
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 37
Brightman, Leonard
Able Seaman
D/JX 188247
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Butler, Samuel
Able Seaman
C/JX 190485
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Gover, Richard Eustace
Able Seaman
D/JX 186407
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Hallsworth, Arthur Sidney
Able Seaman
C/JX 221120
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 27
Lawler, Peter John Alfred
Able Seaman
C/SSX 26013
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 22
Ronald, George Henry
Able Seaman
P/JX 145845
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 21
Salter, Charles Henry
Able Seaman
P/JX 139585
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 25
Scouse, Eric Oscar
Able Seaman
C/SSX 20030
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 24
Turnbull, Frederick
Able Seaman
C/M 35645
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 37
Schroeder, John Charles
Chief Engine Room Artificer
C/MX 50282
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 30
Marrable, Donald Leonard
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
D/MX 75078
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Durnell, Clarence William
Engine Room Artificer 5th Class
C/J 101500
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 36
Edwell, Ernest Robert
Leading Seaman
D/KX 90669
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 27
Guest, George
Leading Stoker
C/KX 75404
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 34
Wallace, John
Leading Stoker
D/KX 148281
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 21
Mercer, Cornelius Abraham George
Leading Telegraphist
C/JX 133890
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 27
Robinson, Alfred Henry
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 21
Eustace, David Airy
Lieutenant
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 28
Hemingway, Rowland John DSC
Lieutenant
Born: 29th Jul, 1913.
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 28
From: Melbourne Australia
Pidgeon, Stephen Arthur
Lieutenant
P/JX 128783
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 31
Benfield, George Edward
Petty Officer
P/JX 130551
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 29
Merkel, Phillip Thomas
Petty Officer
P/J 112814
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 33
Beckett, Stanley Walter
Petty Officer Telegraphist
D/SSX 29182
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Weaver, James Thomas
Signalman
C/KX 96835
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Brown, Leonard James
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 92187
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 24
Porteous, Kenneth
Stoker 1st Class
C/KX 111361
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Shipley, Philip
Stoker 1st Class
D/SKX 1233
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 19
Jackson, William
Stoker 2nd Class
P/KX 81825
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 31
Kerr, Walter Thomas
Stoker Petty Officer
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Gray, Alan Moir
Sub Lieutenant
P/JX 153630
Died: 23rd Feb, 1942.
Aged: 20
Ferguson, Arthur James
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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This list has been made possible by the hard work of Pam Armstrong in the first instance and has lately been refined by Malcolm Blenkinsopp, Honorary Historian at Espana Levante Submariners

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