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5 years ago
chrisjohnson
Hello Platon, That is a great piece of information to have. There seems to be a lingering doubt that the P48 sunk there and then. Yes the report of surface oil I've read, but as a bluff, maybe. The Belgium wreck diver, Jean-Pierre Misson, said in his January 2018 article on finding 6 RN Sub's off Tabarka coastline with sonar scans, named a possible P48 amongst them after his self analy
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5 years ago
chrisjohnson
On December 25th 1942 the submarine P48 was depth charged and properly sunk/lost off the Gulf of Tunis.My Uncle was Sub Lt Michael Orton and was aboard the P48. I have been researching in detail his navy service but more seriously his last boat the P48. I have found a relative of crew member Ernest Dudgon and musician Thomas Dolby has too, an Uncle, Lt Spring Rice serving on the P48. I would lov
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