- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 64847
- Description
- A glazed black frame, containing the typed lists of the souls on board who perished after the submarine HMS Olympus hit a mine and sank off Malta on 8 May 1942.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ HM SUBMARINE Olympus/ OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE (Serial No 192)/ The Board of Admiralty regrets to announce the/ following casualties sustained in H.M. Submarine Olympus, the/ loss of which has already been announced./ Next of kin have been notified./ OFFICERS/ MISSING PRESUMED KILLED/ (NAMES)/ LIST OF MISSING/ R.N. RATINGS/ MISSING PRESUMED KILLED/ (NAMES)/
Olympus mined forward, while still surfaced, some fifty minutes after sailing Malta/ and approximately seven miles out from St Elmo Light at 0520 hours 8th May/ 1942. Sank within ten minutes, enabling 90 of the 98 officers and men to take/ to the water and start the long swim to land. Only NINE survived./
PASSENGERS/ Serial No 192A/ OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE/ The Board of Admiralty regrets to announce the/ following casualties of HM Submarine P39 sustained while/ taking passage in H.M. Submarine OLYMPUS, the loss of which/ has already been announced./ Next of kin have been notified./ OFFICERS/ MISSING PRESUMED KILLED/ (NAMES)/ PASSENGERS/ R.N. RATINGS/ MISSING PRESUMED KILLED/ (NAMES)/ ADDITIONAL OFFICERS (as passengers)/ (NAMES)/ PASSENGERS/ RN RATINGS/ MISSING PRESUMED KILLED/ (NAMES)/ ADDITIONAL RN RATINGS (as passengers) (from P36)/ (NAMES)/ ADOPTED BY PETERBOROUGH/ WARSHIP WEEK 27TH NOV. -6TH DEC. 1941.