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Upstart (P65)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: U Group 2
Fate: Used as a target and sunk on 29th July 1957.
HMS Upstart shown here post war without a gun. Note modern ASDIC dome aft.
HMS Upstart shown here post war without a gun. Note modern ASDIC dome aft.

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ex P65

Served with the Hellenic Navy as Xifias from 1945-52

Events

17-03-1942 : Laid Down
24-10-1942 : Launched
03-04-1943 : Completed
14-09-1943 : HMS Upstart sinks the French fishing vessels Grotte de Bethlehem and Torpille in the Bay of Biscay.
02-11-1943 : While on patrol off Toulon, southern France, HMS Upstart attacks the French merchant Medjerda. All torpedoes miss.
15-02-1944 : HMS Upstart sinks German auxiliary minelayer Niedersachsen (former French Guyane) off the Italian Riviera
21-05-1944 : HMS Upstart torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Tolentino half a mile east of Port Vendres, southern France.
28-07-1944 : HMS Upstart fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Pascoli south-east of Cape Cepet, southern France. The torpedoes miss.
29-07-1957 : Used as a target and sunk
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P 65 Upstart was transferred to the Greek Navy as Y 11 Amfitriti. It was P 59 Untiring that transferred to the Greek Navy as Y 10 Xifias. Sources based on Jane's Fighting Ships tend to get the two boats muddled up as JFS 1954-1955 (maybe others too) got it wrong. Hool & Nutter "Damned Un-English Machines, A History of Barrow-Built Submarines" and uboat.net quoting as reference British National Archives at Kew, London, ADM 173/20206 and ADM 173/20173 give the association as Upstart = Amfitriti and Untiring = Xifias which puts the transfer dates and Greek "Y" Pennant numbers in a consistent order.
   Michael Griffiths Mon, 11 Nov 2019

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