HMS P48 (1942)
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| Name: | HMS P48 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 21 August 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 18 June 1942 |
| Fate: | Depth charged in the Gulf of Tunis on 25 December 1942 |
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| Class and type: | U-class |
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| Length: | 191 ft (58 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) |
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| Complement: | 27-31 |
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HMS P48 was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.
The submarine departed from Malta on her last patrol, on 23 December 1942 under the command of Lieutenant M.E. Faber. She was sunk with the loss of her entire crew two days later whilst attacking an Italian convoy in the Gulf of Tunis heading towards Tunis. The submarine was depth charged by two Italian torpedo boats, Ardente and Ardito at position 37º15'N, 10º30'E, north-west of the island of Zembra. The submarine was officially declared overdue on 5 January 1943.
This vessel and her crew were honored and immortalized by the nephew of one of the lost sailors (Lt. Stephen E. Spring Rice, RNVR) in the song "One of Our Submarines" by Thomas Dolby.
Coordinates: 37°15′N 10°30′E / 37.250°N 10.500°E
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