HMS P222

The HMS P222 was a submarine of the Royal Navy in World War II.

History

See: History of Seraph - class and detailed history of the S-Class

The P222 was a boat of the third contract section of the successful S-Class. This building lot is known as Seraph class.

She was laid on August 10th, 1940 at Vickers Armstrong in Barrow in Furness in Kiel, was launched on September 20th, 1941 from the pile and was put into service by the Royal Navy on March 4, 1942. The tower originally planned number was P72, but was changed in July 1941 before the commissioning in P222.

The main application area of the new building war was in the Mediterranean.

On 27 July 1942, the P222 brought under the command of LCDR. Alexander James MacKenzie in front of Cabo de Palos vichyfranzösische the merchant ship Mitidja ( 3286 GRT) on. The French ship was boarded and escorted by the British destroyer HMS Wrestler to Gibraltar.

The P222 left on November 30, 1942 are based in Gibraltar. The aim of the patrol was the sea off Naples. The last radio message of the U- boat was registered on December 7, 1942. Since there is no information about remaining. The P222 and the entire crew was officially declared as missing on 21 December 1942.

The Italian Navy stated that on December 12, 1942 40 ° 29 ' N, 14 ° 20' O40.48333333333314.333333333333 has sunk a British submarine with depth charges, the Italian torpedo boat Fortunale southeast of Capri in position. Probably, these were the P222.

Name of ship

HMS P222 was the only boat of the S-Class, which bore no name. Winston Churchill called for in November and December 1942, the Admiralty on several occasions to give all submarines individual names. Just like the T- class boat HMS P311 P222 which got lost before it could be officially renamed.