HMS P48 (1942)

U-class

Service

Royal Navy as HMS P4818 June 1942 — 23 December 1942188 days of the war

U-class Particulars

Name: HMS P48
Pennant / hull number: 1942
Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Ordered: 23 August 1940
Laid down: 2 August 1941
Launched: 15 April 1942
Commissioned: 18 June 1942
Fate: Missing since 23 December 1942 (1942)
Status: Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 545 long tons (554 t)
Displacement, submerged: 740 long tons (752 t)
Length: 59.97 m (196.8 ft)
Beam: 4.88 m (16 ft)
Draught: 4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed: 14.3 knots (26.4 km/h, 16.4 mph)
Complement: 31
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

HMS P48 was a submarine of the U-class built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1942. Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 2 August 1941. She entered service on 18 June 1942, having been launched on 15 April 1942.

She was one of 53 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 545 long tons surfaced and 740 long tons submerged. She measured 60.0 m (197 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 14.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 31. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 188 days of the Second World War.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: Two shafts, diesel-electric
two diesel generators + electric motors
615 / 825 hp
Armament: Four bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 torpedoes
One 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS P48 (1942) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — Unknown source — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons