HMS P39

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HMS P39, 1941/42
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS P39
Builder Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down14 October 1940
Launched23 August 1941
Commissioned16 November 1941
Fatedestroyed in an air raid 26 March 1942
General characteristics
Class and type U-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load
  • Submerged - 730 tons
Length58.22 m (191 feet)
Beam4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • Two shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
  • 615 / 825 hp
Speed
  • 11.25 knots surfaced
  • 10 knots submerged
Complement27-31
Armament

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

Sinking

P39 had a short-lived career with the Royal Navy. She was assigned to operate in the Mediterranean, based in 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 subsequently lost aboard the submarine HMS Olympus on their way home to the United Kingdom. P39 was finally broken up in 1954.

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