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1914 E 10 (I 90) Completed
1940 P 222 Laid Down
1942 Utmost (N 19) HMS Utmost fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Siculo off Marettimo but miss the target.
1942 P 555 Transferred to the UK
1943 Upas (P 92) Laid Down
1944 Unswerving (P 63) HMS Unswerving attacks the small German merchant Toni with four torpedoes off Milos, Greece. All torpedoes miss.

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Class: 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class
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She was sold to Seaforth Ship Repairers in 1987 and scrapped in 1991 at Grimsby in Doigs old ship yard
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