P 222

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P 222

Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	S3
Fate:	Submarine P222 failed to arrive at Algiers and was reported overdue on 21st December 1942. It was claimed that she was sunk by depth charge attack from the Italian torpedo boat De Fortunale on 12th December, south-east of Isola di Capri in position 40°29'N, 14°20'E. This is assumed to be reason for the submarine's loss with all hands on 12th December 1942.

P 222

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Commanders

1942:

Lieutenant Commander

Alexander James MacKenzie

1942: 8th Flotilla. HMS Maidstone, Gibraltar.

Patrolled off the French coast during the North Africa landings.

Carried out 5 patrols.

Roll of Honour

Died: 12-12-1942
Absolom, Richard William P/J 102709
	Leading Telegraphist		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 36

Arkley, George William D/KX 86682
	Stoker 1st Class	Born: 08-10-1915	Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 27

Bibbs, Jack D/JX 237672
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 22

Bird, Ernest Frank D/MX 54216
	Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 30

Brooks, Bertram Alfred C/J 106898
	Chief Petty Officer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 35

Clarkson, George D/KX 148140
	Stoker 2nd Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 20

Close, James Edward C/JX 155239
	Leading Signalman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Cousins, Michael Anthony (RNVR)
	Sub Lieutenant		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Cusack, Stanley John George D/M 34913
	Engine Room Artificer 1st Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 39

Deakin, Ronald P/KX 82717
	Stoker Petty Officer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 28

Dunkinson, Frederick Walter Gates P/SSX 20876
	Petty Officer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 24

Evans, Leslie Gordon C/J 203926
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Everett, Robin Leslie C/JX 319322
	Ordinary Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 19

Finn, John Stephen C/SSX 28172
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 24

Fylan, Arthur Patrick P/JX 157042
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 20

George, Alfred Douglas D/JX 145607
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 22

Giles, Fitzroy Andrew D/KX 86320
	Stoker 1st Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 25

Gillard, Stanley Edward D/JX 212988
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Gowing, Frederick Basil D/KX 85886
	Leading Stoker		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 25

Hartley, William D/KX 85352
	Chief Petty Officer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 27

Hemelryk, Anthony
	Lieutenant		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Herbert, Donald Victor P/JX 154232
	Telegraphist		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Jones, Frederick Henry D/J 106630
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 36

Kerry, Alick P/JX 128667
	Petty Officer Telegraphist		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 32

Knox, William James P/JX 156418
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 20

Mackenzie, Alexander James
	Lieutenant Commander		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 32

Manson, Alexander D/JX 144228
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 23

Morgan, John Edwin William C/JX 134896
	Petty Officer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 27

Morton, John Richard P/KX 93701
	Leading Stoker		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 26

Murray, Norman Bagwell D/MX 58058
	Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 29

Newman, Robert Thompson C/MX 77055
	Engine Room Artificer 5th Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 21

Parfitt, William Frederick P/J 100705
	Petty Officer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 37

Paxton, Ronald William C/KX 139300
	Stoker 1st Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 19

Ricks, Peter Albert P/JX 157504
	Telegraphist		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 20

Rogers, Bernard Vivian P/KX 93968
	Stoker 1st Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 23

Salter, Albert John P/KX 90114
	Leading Stoker		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 26

Saunders, Horace Edward P/KX 120189
	Leading Stoker		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 27

Scanlan, John P/KX 84238
	Leading Stoker		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 29

Staines, Albert Frank C/JX 140820
	Leading Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 24

Stanley, Victor Alexander C/JX 327418
	Ordinary Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 20

Storr, James Wilfred P/JX 49736
	Petty Officer Telegraphist		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 42

Tancock, Sidney James D/JX 208452
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 22

Taylor, Anthony John Dalzell
	Sub Lieutenant		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 20

Taylor, Leonard Frederick DSC (Ex M38743)
	Warrant Engineer		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 34

Wilcock, Thomas C/JX 290035
	Able Seaman		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 34

Wilkinson, Leonard P/MX 45394
	Engine Room Artificer 1st Class		Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 38

Windham, John Otto D/MX 46580
	Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class	Born: 02-06-1911	Died: 12-12-1942	Aged: 31

Events

10-08-1940	Laid Down

20-09-1941	Launched

04-05-1942	Completed

27-07-1942	P222 intercepted the Vichy French merchant Mitidja off Cape Palos, Spain. The ship was boarded and escorted to Gibraltar by HMS Wrestler.

12-12-1942	HMS P222 sunk by depth charging. HMS P222 left Gib for patrol off Naples on 30th November 1942. Messages were received from her on 7th December, but after that no more was heard. P222 failed to arrive at Algiers on her due date of 21st December, and the Italians claimed to have sunk a submarine by depth charge on the 12th December. This is the most probable cause of the submarines loss but there has been no conformation.

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Comment by: Claudio Perazzini on June 17, 2021

Hi, my name is Claudio Perazzini and I am the son of Natale Perazzini, who was a sailor of the "Fortunale" torpedo boat that sank the P222 submarine.

War is something terrible, but if it happens, men must never lose their humanity. I can only say what my father told me "when, after an hour of searching, we found no survivors, all the crew lined up on the ship, saluted militarily and said a prayer for those dead sailors".

After the armistice with the allies, the sailors of the Fortunale voted and decided to continue the war alongside the US and British navies and this is history.

Sorry for possible mistakes, but I used an automatic translator.

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Length overall	217 ft
Beam	23 ft 6 inch
Depth	11 ft
Diving Depth	350 ft
Speed	Surface 15 knots (design)
	Surface 14.75 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Endurance	Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design)
Armament (i)	6 x 21 inch bow tubes
	1 21 inch stern tube
	(13 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 3 inch gun
	3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
	1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon
Complement	5 Officers and 43 Ratings
Note	The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.

Class:	1941 - 1958: V Class
Built By:	Vickers (Tyne)
Build Group:	V2
Fate:
Transferred to the Norwegian Navy as Uthaug in 1946.

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