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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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Roll of Honour
50
Died: 20-03-1944
Abbott, Albert Charles  C/KX 157500
Stoker 1st Class Born: 04-03-1925 Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 19
RN DoB 04/03/1924
Andrews, Robert William  P/JX 327620
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
Atkinson, Gerald  D/KX 140781
Stoker 1st Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 19
Bleakley, Christopher  C/KX 91459
Leading Stoker Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 25
Christopher, Paul Gresle Storey  P/JX 383690
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 19
Clark, Leslie John  C/JX 163300
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 20
Clarke, Jim  MID C/JX 152935
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 23
Clayton, Patrick Gerald Maturin  (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 24
Coe, Frederick George  P/SSX 17480
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 25
Colton, Peter Glanville  P/JX 138859
Leading Signalman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 26
Corbett, Thomas  P/MX 79341
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 23
Crowther, Robert  D/JX 237674
Leading Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 26
Cucknell, Alan  D/JX 179599
Telegraphist Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 24
Drake, Ronald Francis  MID
Sub Lieutenant Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 20
Edwards, David Lloyd  D/JX 416872
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 19
Edwards, Harry  D/JX 347623
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
Ennis, Henry Francis  P/JX 330631
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 32
Farlow, Clarence  P/JX 130510
Leading Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 31
Hardy, Walter William  C/SKX 956
Stoker 1st Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
Hartland, Joseph  P/JX 153277
Petty Officer Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 26
Hirst, Leonard  C/KX 103411
Leading Stoker Born: 18-11-1919 Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 24
Hodgkinson, Samuel  P/JX 149628
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 23
Holland, Bernard  D/MX 75245
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 22
Hooper, Frederick Albert  C/KX 130474
Stoker 1st Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
Howard, Francis Arthur  P/JX 224077
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 26
Howes, Reginald Edward Noble 
Sub Lieutenant Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
King, Ron Herbert  D/MX 86965
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Born: 29-03-1924 Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 19
RN DoB 29/03/1922
Kirwin, Kenneth John  DSM P/JX 149065
Chief Petty Officer Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 24
Kissane, John Charles  P/MX 48396
Petty Officer Cook Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 31
Lowe, William Armstrong  MID C/KX 111156
Leading Stoker Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 28
Martin, Gerard  D/KX 84320
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 28
Molloy, Cyril  P/MX 79993
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 22
Neale, Richard Henry  C/JX 145790
Petty Officer Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 24
Pace, Walter James  D/SS 13408
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 30
Patterson, James Boath  P/JX 274178
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
Powell, Thomas James  P/KX 147018
Stoker 1st Class Born: 24-07-1923 Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 20
Radwell, Peter Frank John  DSC
Lieutenant Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 22
Rees, John Elwyn  D/JX 165627
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 25
Robertson, John Millar  DSM P/MX 54597
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 35
Rolfe, William Henry  C/JX 140762
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 26
Russell, David  P/MX 117297
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 21
Sargeant, Kenneth Irvine  P/JX 215439
Leading Telegraphist Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 23
Smith, Ralph  C/JX 258607
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 23
Spender, Ernest Herbert  P/KX 106174
Leading Stoker Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 30
Tivey, Joseph  P/KX 147221
Stoker 1st Class Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 20
Tombs, George William  P/JX 361221
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 20
Trayhern, Leslie Frederick  DSM C/JX 167448
Able Seaman Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 25
Uren, Arthur Bertram 
Warrant Engineer Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 39
Verschoyle-Campbell, David Stuart McNeile  DSO*
Lieutenant Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 23
Commanding Officer
Wood, William  P/SSX 17144
Telegraphist Died: 20-03-1944 Aged: 28

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
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