HMS P33 (1941)

HMS P33 (1941)

HMS "P33" was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.

Commanded throughout her entire career by Lieutenant R.D. Whiteway-Wilkinson, the submarine was attached to the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at Malta. On 15 July 1941, the submarine sunk the 5,300 ton motor-vessel "Barbarigo" south of Punta Sciaccazza, Pantelleria, part of a small Italian convoy.

The submarine departed on her final patrol on 6 August 1941 from Malta to patrol off Sicily to intercept an Italian convoy heading towards Libya. Her sister boat "P32", which was attacking the same convoy along with HMS "Unique", reported hearing a prolonged depth charge attack on 18 August and subsequently attempted unsuccessfully to contact "P33". "P32" was herself sunk later that day. "P33" became overdue on 20 August and was almost certainly have been sunk in this attack. It is, however, possible that she was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat "Partenope" near Pantelleria on 23 August. Lost aboard "P33" was Lieutenant Richard Cunningham, the son of Vice Admiral John Cunningham, who would later become First Sea Lord.

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