Allied Warships

HMS P 614 (P 614)

Submarine of the P 611 class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassP 611 
PennantP 614 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 May 1939 
Launched19 Oct 1940 
Commissioned10 Mar 1942 
End service17 Jan 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Taken over by the Royal Navy during construction. Returned to the Turkish Navy on 17 January 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Denis John Beckley, RN
January 1942 – 12 September 1942

Lt. Hartley Withers Wilkinson, RN
12 September 1942 - ???

HMS P 614 was in Dockyard Control during refit

T/Lt. Percy Clive Stanbury Pritchard, RNR
19 July 1944 – 15 February 1945

Lt. John Francis Michell, RN
15 February 1945 - ???

HMS P 614 is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

 
Former nameBurac Reis

Commands listed for HMS P 614 (P 614)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Denis John Beckley, RNJan 194212 Sep 1942
2Lt. Hartley Withers Wilkinson, RN12 Sep 1942???

3T/Lt. Percy Clive Stanbury Pritchard, RNR19 Jul 194415 Feb 1945
4Lt. John Francis Michell, RN15 Feb 1945???

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Noteable events involving P 614 include:


20 Sep 1942
HMS P-614 (Lt. D.J. Beckley, RN) attacks the German submarine U-408 with torpedoes in the Arctic Ocean. All torpedoes fired missed their target. The British thought they had sunk the target and on 17 November 1942 Lt. Beckley even received a DSO for sinking an enemy submarine.

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