HMS P38

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS P38.

P38, a P-class patrol boat launched in 1917. Renamed HMS Spey on 11 December 1925 and assigned to fishery protection, the vessel was sold in May 1938.
P38, a U-class submarine launched in July 1941 and sunk on 23 February 1942 by the Italian torpedo boat Circe north of Tripoli, Libya.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
"HMS P.38 1917-2-10". Cyldebuilt Warships. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
"Submarine losses 1904 to present day". Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
"HMS P 38 (P 38)". uboat.net. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

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