Class

Boat

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

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

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Was lost before an official badge could be produced.

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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Was lost before an official badge could be produced.