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    The HMS Pandora P-class British submarine
    in La Valletta dockyard 1942

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The HMS Python was a P-class British submarine, built by Vickers Armstrong in Barrow during 1928, and launched during 1929. 
She was later renamed HMS Pandora.

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L' HMS Python era un sommergibile Britannico della Classe P, costruito a Barrow nei cantieri Vickers Armstrong nel 1928, e varato nel 1929.
In un secondo tempo, il sommergibile fu ribattezzato HMS Pandora.

The HMS Pandora spent the most part of her carreer in Far East, but at the beginning of the II Word War she moved in Mediterranean and was based in Alexandria (Egypt). 
During 1940 she sank the French colonial sloop Rigault de Genouilly, and three Italian cargo ships between 1941 and 1942. 
She also carried supplies to Malta during the siege.

L' HMS Pandora passò la maggior parte della siua carriera in Estremo Oriente, ma all'inizio della II Guerra Mondiale fu destinato in Mediterraneo, con base ad Alessandria d'Egitto.
Nel 1940 affondò la nave coloniale Francese
Rigault de Genouilly, e tra il 1941 ed il 1942, tre navi da carico Italiane.
Inoltre, trasportò rifornimenti a Malta durante l'assedio delle Forze dell'Asse.

The HMS Pandora was sank by Italian bombers during April 1, 1942, when she was in La Valletta dockyard, at Hamilton Wharf: she was just arrived from Gibraltar, carrying a cargo of supplies and mechanical spare parts.
Some of the survivors died a few weeks later, during the sinking of the British submarine HMS Oympus, that was bringing them back to Great Britain.

L' HMS Pandora fu affondato da bombardieri Italiani il 1 Aprile 1942, mentre si trovava nei cantieri di Malta, ad Hamilton Wharf: era appena arrivato da Gibilterra con un carico di rifornimenti e di ricambi meccanici.
Alcuni uomini del suo equipaggio morirono poche settimane dopo nell'affondamento del sommergibile Britannico
HMS Oympus, che li stava riportando in Gran Bretagna.

The wreck of the HMS Pandora was raised during 1943, and dismantled during 1957.

Il relitto dell' HMS Pandora fu recuperato nel 1943, per essere smantellato nel 1957.
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