HMS P39

HMS P39

HMS "P39" was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.

Sinking

"P39" had a shortlived career with the Royal Navy. She was assigned to operate in the Mediterranean, based out of Malta as part of the 10th Flotilla. She was in harbour following a patrol in the area east of Tunisia whilst previous bomb damage was being repaired. She was then further damaged by German bombers. She was considered too badly damaged for repair, and was salvaged, towed to Kalkara and beached in 1943, but again badly damaged by another air attack. Many of the crew were later lost on HMS "Olympus" on their way home to the UK. "P39" was finally broken up in 1954.

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*cite web | url= http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/general/losses.htm | title= Submarine losses 1904 to present day | work= RN Submarine Museum, Gosport
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*Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson


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