Post Numéro: 5 de Pierre.S 15 Mai 2010, 05:56
Bonjour,
Ce que la toile dit du P222:
222 S3 P222/P72 48 4-Mar-42 Vickers Armstrong 12-Dec-42 War Loss
Originally designated P72, renumbered in July 1941. Commanded by Lt.Cdr. A.J. MacKenzie, 27 Jul 42, intercepted the Vichy French merchant Mitidja (3286 GRT) off Cape Palos, Spain. The ship was boarded and later escorted to Gibraltar by HMS Wrestler.
P222 left Gibraltar for a patrol off Naples on 30 Nov 42. Messages were received from her on 7th-Dec but after that no more was heard. P222 failed to arrive at Algiers on her due date of 21-Dec and the Italians claimed to have sunk a submarine by depth charging from Italian torpedo boat Fortunale on 12th-Dec, in Bay of Naples, SE of Capri. This is the most probable cause of the submarine's loss but there has been no confirmation. Attacking Italian convoy off Naples. Adopted by the town of Swindon, UK.
Et sa photo:
Des infos que tu as, sans doute, déjà, mais sur le Mitidja: nib!!
L'activité en Méditérannée est intense en cette période (convois vers Malte) et cet évènement peut passer pour anecdotique d'où le manque d'information.
A bientôt,
Pierre