Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine 1940

HMS P32 (1940)

British U-class submarine

Displacement
540 long tons (549 t)
Length
58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam
4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Speed
11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement
32
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

Service

  1. Royal Navy3 May 1941 — 18 August 1941107 days of the war
British U-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS P32
Pennant / hull number
1940
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down
30 April 1940
Launched
15 December 1940
Commissioned
3 May 1941
Fate
Struck a mine, 18 August 1941 (1941)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
540 long tons (549 t)
Displacement, submerged
730 long tons (742 t)
Length
58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam
4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Draught
4.62 m (15.2 ft)
Speed
11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement
32
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

HMS P32 was a British U-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1940. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 30 April 1940. Launched on 15 December 1940, she entered service on 3 May 1941.

She was one of 53 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 540 long tons surfaced and 730 long tons submerged. She measured 58.2 m (191 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 11.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 32. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 107 days of the Second World War.

She was disposed of on 18 August 1941. Nothing of her survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
  • 615 / 825 hp
Armament
  • Four bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 - 10 torpedoes
  • One - 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS P32 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.