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H. M. S. P . 3
3
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
MEDITERRANEAN 1942
Another of the unnamed submarines completed in May 1941 and
deployed in the Mediterranean where she arrived to join
the 10th
Submarine Flotilla in June 1941.
In an early patrol she sank the Italian mercantile BARBIAGO off Pantellaria which was part of a
five ship convoy escorted by three destroyers and three torpedo
boats. Although under heavy depth charge attacks by the escort,
the submarine was able to escape. Later on 12th August she was
deployed to join HM Submarines P32 and UNIQUE to intercept an Italian troop convoy on passage to
Tripoli. Whilst
patrolling west of Tripoli she came under attack by
anti-submarine vessels after which no contact could be made. It is
not clear whether this submarine sank in these attacks which lasted
two hours or whether she struck a mine in the defensive minefields
laid off the port. |
