P FLAG SUPERIOR

P FLAG SUPERIOR NUMBERS WERE ALLOCATED TO ALL SUBMARINES CONSTRUCTED DURING THE WAR. U CLASS SUBMARINES - MOST WERE RENAMED WITH NAMES PREFIXED BY “U” FROM FEB 1943, SEE NEXT LIST.
UNTIL THE SECOND WORLD WAR, IT WAS USUAL FOR SUBMARINES TO HAVE ONLY A PENNANT NUMBER AND NO NAME; WINSTON CHURCHILL DIRECTED THAT ALL SUBMARINES BE NAMED.

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Pennant Number
Name
Information
P32
1940-1941 SUNK MINED
P33
1941 SUNK PRESUMED MINED
P34
1941-42 RAISED 1958 AND SCUTTLED OFF MALTA
P36
1941-42 SUNK
P37
1941-42 SUNK
P38
1941-42 SUNK
P39
1941-1942 RAISED AND BEACHED 1943 BU 1956
P48
1942 SUNK