Medium Patrol Submarine
Type:
S Class
Third Group 1939 Programme.
Pennant No.:
P.212
Laid Down:
5th July 1940.
Laid down as P.62
Renumbered July 1941.
Renamed January 1943.
Laid down as P.62
Renumbered July 1941.
Renamed January 1943.
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead.
Commissioned:
13th May 1942.
LT. J. H. Bromage.
Commander:
Mar. 1942 - Apr. 1943
LT. J. H. Bromage.
Complement:
48
5 Officers and 43 Ratings.
Service Career:
1942
5th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
1943
8th Flotilla, HMS Maidstone, Algiers.
Fate:
1943 - Sank the U301 on 21st January 1943.
1943 - Attacked and forced to the service by the Italian corvettes Gabbiano and Euterpe on 24th April 1943.
Lost. Scuttled by crew before being captured off Capo Milazzo.
1943 - Attacked and forced to the service by the Italian corvettes Gabbiano and Euterpe on 24th April 1943.
Lost. Scuttled by crew before being captured off Capo Milazzo.