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HMS P39, 1941/42
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS P39
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	14 October 1940
Launched	23 August 1941
Commissioned	16 November 1941
Fate	Destroyed 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
Length	58.22 m (191 feet)
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.62 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
Complement	27-31
Armament	Four bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 - 10 torpedoes One 3-inch (76 mm) gun

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.

References

• "HMS P 39". uboat.net.
• "P32 to P222". British submarines of World War II. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.
• "Submarine losses 1904 to present day". RN Submarine Museum, Gosport. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.

v t e British U-class submarines
First group Undine Ursula Unity Second group Urge Utmost Upholder Undaunted Union Usk Umpire Una Upright Unbeaten Unique Urchin Third group Ullswater / Uproar P32 P33 Ultimatum Umbra P36 Unbending P38 P39 P41 Unbroken Unison United Unrivalled Unruffled P47 P48 Unruly Unseen P52 Ultor Unshaken Unsparing Usurper Universal Untamed / Vitality Untiring Varangian Uther Unswerving Vandal Upstart Varne Vox
Other operators  Royal Danish Navy U 1 / Springeren (ex-Dzik)  Free French Naval Forces  French Navy Curie (ex-Vox)  Royal Hellenic Navy Xifias (ex-Untiring) Amphitriti (ex-Upstart)  Royal Netherlands Navy Dolfijn (ex-P47)  Royal Norwegian Navy Uredd (ex-P41) Ula (ex-Varne)  Polish Navy Dzik (ex-P52) Sokół (ex-Urchin)  Soviet Navy V-2 (ex-Unbroken) V-3 (ex-Unison) V-4 (ex-Ursula)
Preceded by: T class Followed by: P611 class
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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
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• World War II submarines of the United Kingdom
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