H.M. SUBMARINE P.48

Small Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
U Class
Second Group

Pennant No.:
P.48

Laid Down:
2nd August 1941
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.


Commissioned:
18th June 1942
Lt. M. E. Faber.

Commander:
May. 1942
Lt. M. E. Faber.

Complement:
33
4 Officers, 29 Others.

Service Career:
1942
5th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Gosport. Detached with 3rd Flotilla at Holy Loch for working up.
1942
10th Flotilla, Malta.


Fate:
Completed Five 'War Patrols', she was lost on her sixth patrol.

21st December 1942 - Departed Malta on her third patrol.  Attempts were made to contact her on the 31st December but nothing was heard from her, she had not been heard from for over a week.

It is believed she was attacked and sunk by the Italian destroyer-escort Ardente commanded by Lieutenant Rinaldo Ancillotti off Zembra Island in the Gulf of Tunis.

Depth-charged and sunk by the Italian Destroyer-escort Ardent, possibly on 25th December 1942.