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P 615

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: Turkish
Fate: The submarine was dispatched to West Africa to provide ASW Training based at Freetown in Liberia. On 18th April 1943 whilst on passage to Takoradi and under escort by MMS 107.

P615 was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-Boat U-123 (Oberleutnant zur Zee Horst von Schroeter). The Submarine was lost with all hands
P 615
P 615

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Commanders
1942: Lieutenant   Peter Edward Newstead
1942: Lieutenant Commander   Walter Selby Hall

One of a Class of four submarines built by Vickers at Barrow for the Turkish Navy and launched on 1st November 1940. P615 was to have been called 'ULUC ALI REIS' and was taken over by the Royal Navy in 1941.

Roll of Honour
44
Died: 18-04-1943
Bigrove, Edward  C/SSX 34116
Telegraphist Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 20
Burnell, Denis  (RNR)
Lieutenant Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 25
Cunningham, William Nelson  C/KX 85143
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 28
Daft, Arthur Joseph  C/KX 117455
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 29
Davies, Austin Francis 
Lieutenant Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 22
Dinsdale, George Albert  D/KX 80085
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 32
Dyson, Arthur  P/KX 86406
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 26
Edwards, Leonard George  P/JX 326027
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 21
Fairclough, John Roger  DSM D/K 66502
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 41
Gauntley, Stanley  P/JX 275103
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 22
Goulstone, Francis Gerald  MID D/JX 135862
Chief Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 28
Griffiths, Samuel James  D/SKX 1241
Stoker Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 20
Hayes, Frederick George  D/KX 122500
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 21
Hubbard, Charles Clarence  C/JX 125311
Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 32
James, Walter Roland Frederick  MID D/JX 128319
Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 32
Kent-Smith, Percy James  C/MX 77470
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 23
Lambert, Charles Walderne St Clair  DSC*
Lieutenant Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 24
Lowery, Alfred  D/JX 286222
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 22
Mackie, James Andrew  P/JX 136224
Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 27
McClinton, Robert Walter  D/JX 135912
Leading Telegraphist Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 28
McGuigan, Eric Joseph  D/JX 268041
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 22
McLaughlan, James  (RNR) P/K 19594
Leading Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 28
Nicholl, Desmond Earle  (RNVR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 22
O'Hare, John  P/MX 51370
Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 30
Ollerenshaw, Daniel  D/JX 156176
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 21
Oxley, John Henry  C/MX 77968
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 33
Pepper, William Richard  C/JX 141901
Petty Officer Telegraphist Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 24
Price, Harold Reece  D/SSX 14092
Leading Telegraphist Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 29
Relly, Maxwell Spicer  P/JX 139533
Leading Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 26
Schuil, Alphonse Emiel  (RNVR)
Lieutenant Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 31
Shaw, Gerald Charles Francis  D/SSX 36071
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 20
Sinclair, John  P/JX 275083
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 22
Slater, William  P/KX 82883
Stoker Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 32
Smith, Arthur Charles  DSM P/JX 167433
Leading Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 24
South, Arthur  P/KX 126811
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 20
Starrett, Edward Thomas  MID D/MX 48345
Chief Engine Room Artificer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 33
Sumby, George William  D/J 112139
Petty Officer Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 33
Swann, Ernest Edward  C/SSX 18084
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 23
Taylor, Albert Edward  DSM P/M 38140
Petty Officer Cook Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 36
Tovey, Clifford Charles  D/JX 192043
Able Seaman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 21
Vail, Albert Henry  D/SSX 32984
Signalman Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 20
Wallace, James  D/KX 130392
Stoker 1st Class Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 20
Watkins, William  C/K 62522
Leading Stoker Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 40
Weeks, Henry Herbert  (RNR)
Sub Lieutenant Died: 18-04-1943 Aged: 21

Events

 24-05-1939   Laid Down
 01-11-1940   Launched
 18-04-1943   HMS P615 left Freetown under escort by minesweeper HMS MMS-107 on passage to the South Atlantic Command to provide ASW escort training. During the night they lost contact but found each other the next morning.

U-123 spotted both vessels at 0344 and missed them with two spreads of two torpedoes at 0534 & 0647, one of the torpedo tracks was sighted by the escort, but was put down to a porpoise.

At 1101, a merchant vessel was sighted and at 1153 the U-boat fired one torpedo at the minesweeper on station about 300 yards off the submarines starboard quarter, but missed.

At 1154, a spread of two torpedoes was fired at the submarine, which was hit by one of them on the starboard side, exploded and sank immediately about 100 miles SW of Freetown.

U-123 then torpedoed at 1239 hours Empire Bruce and left the area after sinking her with two coup de grace. The minesweeper picked up the survivors from the merchantman and returned to Freetown
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