HMS Stonehenge (P232)

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HMS Stonehenge (P232)
Royal Navy
HMS Stonehenge in June 1943
General data
Ship type : Submarine
Ship class : Seraph class ( S class )
Navy : Royal Navy
Builder : Cammell Laird ( Birkenhead )
Keel laying : April 4, 1942
Launch : March 23, 1943
Commissioning: June 15, 1943
Whereabouts: Missed since March 22, 1944 between Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands.
Technical specifications

(see Seraph class )

The HMS Stonehenge (P232) was a British Royal Navy submarine during World War II .

history

The Stonehenge (see Stonehenge ) was a third batch of the successful S-Class boat . This lot is also known as the Seraph class . She was laid down on April 4, 1942 at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, northwest England , launched on March 23, 1943 and was commissioned by the Royal Navy on June 15, 1943.

The new war building was mainly used in the Pacific War. The commander of the submarine was Lt. David Stuart McNeile Verschoyle-Campbell. McNeile Verschoyle-Campbell was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his commitment .

The submarine sank the Japanese merchant ship Koryo Maru No. 2 (726 GRT) north of Penang (Malaya) on February 5, 1944 . On February 12, 1944, the west coast of Malaya at 5 ° 46 '  N , 99 ° 52'  O Japanese auxiliary Minelayer Choko Maru (889 BRT) sunk.

In February 1944, the HMS Stonehenge left its base in Trincomalee on Ceylon and reached the operational area between Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands on February 25th. The submarine and its entire crew have been missing since March 22, 1944. The place and circumstances of the total loss are unknown.

See also

Web links

Commons : British S-Class Submarines  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Erminio Bagnasco: Submarines in World War II , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 5th edition 1996, ISBN 3-613-01252-9
  • Robert Hutchinson: KAMPF UNDER WASSER - Submarines from 1776 to today , Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-613-02585-X
  • Anthony Preston: The history of the submarines , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen, German edition 1998, ISBN 3-86070-697-7

Explanations and references

  1. ↑ HMS is the abbreviation for His / Her Majesty's Ship and the name prefix of British ships. HMS means His / Her Majesty's Ship .