| 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. |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Rowland John Hemingway | DSC |
1942: 10th Flotilla. Malta
February 1942, Patrol off Ras el Hamra in company with P34, P39 and Una.
Roll of Honour |
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| Atkinson, Leonard |
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| Beckett, Stanley Walter |
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| Benfield, George Edward |
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| Brightman, Leonard |
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| Brown, Leonard James |
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| Butler, Samuel |
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| Durnell, Clarence William |
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| Edwell, Ernest Robert |
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| Eustace, David Airy |
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| Ferguson, Arthur James |
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| Gover, Richard Eustace |
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| Gray, Alan Moir |
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| Guest, George |
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| Hallsworth, Arthur Sidney |
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| Able Seaman | ||||||
| Hemingway, Rowland John DSC |
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| Jackson, William |
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| Kerr, Walter Thomas |
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| Lawler, Peter John Alfred |
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| Marrable, Donald Leonard |
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| Mercer, Cornelius Abraham George |
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| Merkel, Phillip Thomas |
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| Pidgeon, Stephen Arthur |
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| Porteous, Kenneth |
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| Robinson, Alfred Henry |
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| Ronald, George Henry |
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| Salter, Charles Henry |
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| Schroeder, John Charles |
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| Scouse, Eric Oscar |
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| Shipley, Philip |
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| Turnbull, Frederick |
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| Wallace, John |
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| Weaver, James Thomas |
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| 02-09-1940 | Laid Down |
| 09-07-1941 | Launched |
| 17-10-1941 | Completed |
| 15-02-1942 | HMS P38 torpedoes and sinks Italian merchant Ariosto off Tunisia. 138 Allied POW's are lost |
| 23-02-1942 | HMS P38 left Malta on 16th February 1942 to intercept a convoy off Tripoli. By the 23rd she was in position as the convoy hove into view. Amongst the convoy was the Italian destroyer Circe. At 0800 the Circe reported contact with a submarine and the warships turned to attack. A periscope was sighted but was quickly replaced by bubbles as the submarine dived realising it had been spotted. At 1050 after a flurry of attacks HMS P38 rose stern first out of the water, her propellers turning wildly, before crashing back beneath the waves. A large patch of oil appeared on the surface as well as debris - clear evidence of the submarines destruction. |
O 24 (Dutch) |
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| Class: | 1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla |
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| Build Group: | Dutch O21 |
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Fate: Decommissioned in June 1955. Sold to be broken up for scrap in June or September 1963. |
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Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
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O 24 (Dutch) |
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| Class: | 1940 - 1946: The 9th Foltilla |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Dutch O21 |
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Fate: Decommissioned in June 1955. Sold to be broken up for scrap in June or September 1963. |
|
Directed by William Fairchild, The Silent Enemy is a newly restored 1958 war film based on the real Lionel 'Buster' Crabb who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for the MI6, played by Laurence Harvey.
In 1941, Britain was sustaining enormous losses fighting a war on three fronts against an ever increasing Axis power. To add to their problems, the Italians have recently created a new form of warfare - Frogmen - an intrepid band of men who travel astride small torpedo-type vessels, and attach explosive charges to the hulls of enemy ships, below their waterline.
A young Naval Lieutenant, 'Buster' Crabb, an expert in mine and bomb disposal, is sent to Gibraltar to try and combat this new threat. Never having dived before, he sets to work to master the technique of underwater operations, and soon he and his team are able to locate many of the frogmen's charges and render them harmless. But with an invasion of North Africa imminent, time is not on the Allies' side.
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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