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Stonehenge (P 232)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands.

The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee.

The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944

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Commanders
1944: Lieutenant   David Stuart McNeile Verschoyle-Campbell DSC MID

Roll of Honour
50
Abbott, Albert Charles
C/KX 157500
Born: 4th Mar, 1925.
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 19
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 04/03/1924
Andrews, Robert William
P/JX 327620
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Atkinson, Gerald
D/KX 140781
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 19
Stoker 1st Class
Bleakley, Christopher
C/KX 91459
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 25
Leading Stoker
Christopher, Paul Gresle Storey
P/JX 383690
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 19
Able Seaman
Clark, Leslie John
C/JX 163300
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
Able Seaman
Clarke, Jim MID
C/JX 152935
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Clayton, Patrick Gerald Maturin (RNVR)
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 24
Sub Lieutenant
Coe, Frederick George
P/SSX 17480
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Colton, Peter Glanville
P/JX 138859
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 26
Leading Signalman
Corbett, Thomas
P/MX 79341
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 23
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Crowther, Robert
D/JX 237674
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 26
Leading Seaman
Cucknell, Alan
D/JX 179599
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 24
Telegraphist
Drake, Ronald Francis MID
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
Sub Lieutenant
Edwards, David Lloyd
D/JX 416872
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 19
Able Seaman
Edwards, Harry
D/JX 347623
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Ennis, Henry Francis
P/JX 330631
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 32
Able Seaman
Farlow, Clarence
P/JX 130510
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 31
Leading Seaman
Hardy, Walter William
C/SKX 956
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Stoker 1st Class
Hartland, Joseph
P/JX 153277
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 26
Petty Officer
Hirst, Leonard
C/KX 103411
Born: 18th Nov, 1919.
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 24
Leading Stoker
Hodgkinson, Samuel
P/JX 149628
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Holland, Bernard
D/MX 75245
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 22
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Hooper, Frederick Albert
C/KX 130474
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Stoker 1st Class
Howard, Francis Arthur
P/JX 224077
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman
Howes, Reginald Edward Noble
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Sub Lieutenant
King, Ron Herbert
D/MX 86965
Born: 29th Mar, 1924.
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 19
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
RN DoB 29/03/1922
Kirwin, Kenneth John DSM
P/JX 149065
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 24
Chief Petty Officer
Kissane, John Charles
P/MX 48396
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 31
Petty Officer Cook
Lowe, William Armstrong MID
C/KX 111156
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 28
Leading Stoker
Martin, Gerard
D/KX 84320
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 28
Stoker Petty Officer
Molloy, Cyril
P/MX 79993
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 22
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Neale, Richard Henry
C/JX 145790
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 24
Petty Officer
Pace, Walter James
D/SS 13408
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 30
Petty Officer Telegraphist
Patterson, James Boath
P/JX 274178
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Able Seaman
Powell, Thomas James
P/KX 147018
Born: 24th Jul, 1923.
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
Stoker 1st Class
Radwell, Peter Frank John DSC
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 22
Lieutenant
Rees, John Elwyn
D/JX 165627
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Robertson, John Millar DSM
P/MX 54597
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 35
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
Rolfe, William Henry
C/JX 140762
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 26
Able Seaman
Russell, David
P/MX 117297
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 21
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Sargeant, Kenneth Irvine
P/JX 215439
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 23
Leading Telegraphist
Smith, Ralph
C/JX 258607
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 23
Able Seaman
Spender, Ernest Herbert
P/KX 106174
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 30
Leading Stoker
Tivey, Joseph
P/KX 147221
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
Stoker 1st Class
Tombs, George William
P/JX 361221
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 20
Able Seaman
Trayhern, Leslie Frederick DSM
C/JX 167448
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 25
Able Seaman
Uren, Arthur Bertram
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 39
Warrant Engineer
Verschoyle-Campbell, David Stuart McNeile DSO*
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 23
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer
Wood, William
P/SSX 17144
Died: 20th Mar, 1944.
Aged: 28
Telegraphist

Events

 04-04-1942   Laid Down
 23-03-1943   Launched
 01-06-1943   Completed
 05-02-1944   HMS Stonehenge sinks the Japanese merchant vessel Koryo Maru No.2 north of Penang, Sumatra.
 12-02-1944   HMS Stonehenge sinks the Japanese auxiliary minelayer Choko Maru off the west coast of Malaya
 22-03-1944   HMS Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee, Ceylon and arrived in patrol area between northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands on 25 February 1944. She was reported overdue on 22 March 1944. The cause of loss is unknown. Lost with all hands
Official
Official
S3 Specification
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.
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