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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

SUBMARINES

"U" 1941 long hull and 1942 Programmes submarines (VENTURER) (1943 - 1945)

Venturer 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Vampire P72, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 11.1942 20.7.1943 11/1943 BU 3.1950
Veldt P71, 1957- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 11.1942 19.7.1943 11.1943 // --- to Greece at completion 11.1943 - 12.1957 (Πιπίνος [Pipinos]), BU 2.1958
Venturer P68   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 8.1942 4.5.1943 8/1943 to Norway 1.1946 (Utstein)
Vigorous P74, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 12.1942 15.10.1943 1/1944 BU 12.1949
Viking P69   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 9.1942 5.5.1943 8/1943 to Norway 1.1946 (Utvær)
Virtue P75   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 2.1943 29.11.1943 2/1944 BU 5.1946
Visigoth P76, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 2.1943 30.11.1943 3/1944 BU 4.1950
Vox P73   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 12.1942 28.9.1943 12/1943 BU 5.1946
Ulex P93   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 --- --- cancelled
Unbridled P11   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled
Upas P92   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 --- --- cancelled
Upshot P82, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 5.1943 24.2.1944 5/1944 BU 11.1949
Upward P16   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled
Urtica P83, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 4.1943 23.3.1944 6/1944 BU 3.1950
Utopia P94   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 --- --- cancelled
Vagabond P18, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 4.1943 19.9.1944 2.1945 BU 1.1950
Vantage     Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled
Variance P85   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 5.1943 22.5.1944 8.1944 // --- to Norway at completion 8.1944 (Utsira)
Varne P81, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 11.1942 24.2.1944 7/1944 BU 9.1958
Vehement P25   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled
Vengeful P86, 1957- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 20.7.1944 10/1944 to Greece 4.1945 - 12.1957 (Δελφίν [Delfin]), BU 3.1958
Venom P27   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled
Verve P28   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled
Veto P88   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 --- --- cancelled
Vineyard P84, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 8.5.1944 8.1944 // --- to France at completion 8.1944 - 9.1946 (Doris), BU 6.1950
Virile P89   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 --- --- cancelled
Virulent P95, 1958- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 3.1943 23.5.1944 10/1944 to Greece 5.1946 - 5.1958 (Αργοναύτες [Argonautis]), BU 4.1961
Visitant P91   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 --- --- cancelled
Vivid P77, 1948- S...   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 10.1942 15.9.1943 1/1944 BU 10.1950
Volatile P96   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 3.1943 20.6.1944 11/1944 to Greece 5.1946 - 10.1958 (τρίαινα [Triaina]), BU 12.1958
Voracious P78   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 10.1942 11.11.1943 4.1944 BU 5.1946
Vortex P87   Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 1943 19.8.1944 11.1944 // --- to France at completion 11.1944 - 9.1946 (Morse), to Denmark 2.1947 - 1.1958 (Sælen), BU 8.1958
Votary P29   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 4.1943 21.8.1944 12/1944 to Norway 7.1946 (Uthaug)
Vulpine P79   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 11.1942 28.12.1943 6/1944 to Denmark 9.1947 - 1.1959 (Støren), BU 4.1959
8 unnamed units     Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne 1943 --- --- cancelled

 

Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement normal, t

658 - 662 / 740

Length, m

62.3

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman diesel-generators / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kn

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts)

4700(10) / 30(9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 Ì2 mines)

Sensors

completed 1943 - 1944: type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

completed 1944 - 1945: type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Complement

33

Diving depth operational, m

90

Project history: The further development of "U" class. Bulkheads were welded, thickness of plating of riveted pressure hull was increased, at the expense of what the operational diving depth was increased to 90m. Fuel stowage was increased: part of ballast tanks were used for fuel oil. Boats were built under 1941 and 1942 Programmes. Order for building of 12 more submarines of the same class was cancelled.

Modernizations:

1/1946: 1 x 1 - 76/45 CP Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IIA S/M, 4 - 533 TT, type 291W or type 267QW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars

Naval service: No significant events.

Voracious 1944

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