| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | Mistaken for a U boat in the Bay of Biscay and bombed by the RAF on 11 Nov 1942 |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Edward Arthur Woodward | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Compton Patrick Norman | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | D E Watson |
Ex P33
1941-1942: Mediterranean.
AdoptionBy Dr Peter Schofield Adopted by Hove whose Warship Week was held between 14 - 21 March 1942. |
Warship Week Plaque |
Roll of Honour |
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| Anderson, Robert Jack |
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| Stoker 1st Class | ||||||
| Appleby, Charles Henry |
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| Petty Officer | ||||||
| Baker, Arthur Edward |
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| Bayne, Herbert Henry |
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| Berry, Leonard Edward William |
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| Blewett, Edward Joseph MID |
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| Brougham, James Jeremy |
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| Sub Lieutenant | ||||||
| Bruce, James |
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| Bruin, William |
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| Cannon, Patrick William |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Clark, Edwin Alfred |
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| Forbes, George Dallas DSM* |
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| Leading Seaman | ||||||
| Furr, Frederick Walter MID |
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| Telegraphist | ||||||
| Gale, Edward |
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| Gerrard, Louis |
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| Haddon, Francis Terence |
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| Laurance, John Spencer DSM |
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| Chief Engine Room Artificer | ||||||
| Leaf, Sydney Jack DSM* |
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| Malcolm, James (RNVR) |
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| Metherell, Gordon Henry |
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| Mitton, Leonard Henry |
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| Morgan, William David |
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| Morley, Gilbert Edgar (RNVR) |
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| Norris, Raymond Dean DSM |
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| Ogilvy-Watson, Donald Eric DSC MID ** |
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| Oliver, Denis Leigh Burgoyne MID |
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| Piper, Albert Edward |
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| Smith, Clifford Gledhill |
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| Stanley, Patrick Joseph DSM |
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| Stockwell, John Edward Frederick DSM |
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| Thompson, Frank |
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| Tiffin, Lawrence |
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| Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | ||||||
| Tweedy, Desmond |
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| Tweedy, Timothy Christopher |
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| Sub Lieutenant | ||||||
| Wright, Geoffrey Harry Anthony |
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| Stoker Petty Officer | ||||||
| Young, Herbert Henry |
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| 22-11-1939 | Laid Down |
| 09-07-1940 | Launched |
| 20-11-1940 | Completed |
| 19-05-1941 | HMS Unbeaten attacks the Italian merchant Silvio Scaroni off Tagiura, Libya with a spread of 4 torpedoes that miss the target. |
| 16-06-1941 | While on patrol south of the Messina Strait HMS Unbeaten fires torpedoes at a big Italian troop transport. The torpedoes miss the target. |
| 15-07-1941 | HMS Unbeaten sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire at Marsa Zuag roads, Libya. |
| 19-08-1941 | HMS Unbeaten fires three torpedoes against the Italian troop transport Esperia 15 nautical miles north of Pantelleria but miss the target. |
| 30-08-1941 | HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the Italian sailing vessel V51/Alfa about 25 nautical miles south of Capo dell'Armi, Italy. |
| 12-01-1942 | HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the German submarine U-374 south-west of Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy. |
| 01-03-1942 | HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the Vichy-French merchant PLM 20 about 5 nautical miles east of Mehedia, Tunisia. |
| 16-03-1942 | HMS Unbeaten fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Vettor Pisani off Cape Buzzano, Calabria, Italy. All torpedoes miss. |
| 17-03-1942 | HMS Unbeaten torpedoed & sank Italian submarine Guglielmotti near Cape Spartivento |
| 24-07-1942 | HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vettor Pisani off Argostoli, Greece. |
| 11-11-1942 | HMS Unbeaten attacked and sunk in error by RAF Wellington of No.172 Squadron, Coastal Command. All hands lost. On patrol in Bay of Biscay for German raiders, supply ships and U-boats on passage |
| Length overall | 190 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Displacement | 630 tons (surface) |
| 730 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | (i) 4 x 21 inch bow tubes (8 torpedoes carried) |
| (ii) 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 4 Officers, 23 Others, |
| (at war) 4 Officers, 27 Others | |
| Note | (i) The first seven U Class submarines had two additional external bow tubes installed and carried 10 torpedoes |
| (ii) Undine and Unity, which were not fitted with the 3 inch gun, had 27-man complements. |
He was a trailblazer for what would become known as the American Century: Isaac Rice was a law professor, magazine publisher, industrial entrepreneur and a hell of a salesman and exactly 100 years ago he sailed to England and pulled off another big deal. He sold the Royal Navy its first submarine.
The story of HM Submarine Upholder, ordered just days before the Second World War started.
Serving with the 10th Submarine Flotilla, she was commanded by David Wanklyn VC. One of the most successful British submarines of World War Two, sinking two destroyers, three submarines, three transports, ten merchant ships, two tankers and one trawler, totalling 128,353 tons of shipping.
Upholder sailed out of Grand Harbour, Valetta, in Malta in April 1942, never to be seen again, and is believed sunk off the Lybian coast, near Tripoli.
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| Length overall | 190 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Displacement | 630 tons (surface) |
| 730 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | (i) 4 x 21 inch bow tubes (8 torpedoes carried) |
| (ii) 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | (peacetime) 4 Officers, 23 Others, |
| (at war) 4 Officers, 27 Others | |
| Note | (i) The first seven U Class submarines had two additional external bow tubes installed and carried 10 torpedoes |
| (ii) Undine and Unity, which were not fitted with the 3 inch gun, had 27-man complements. |
He was a trailblazer for what would become known as the American Century: Isaac Rice was a law professor, magazine publisher, industrial entrepreneur and a hell of a salesman and exactly 100 years ago he sailed to England and pulled off another big deal. He sold the Royal Navy its first submarine.
The story of HM Submarine Upholder, ordered just days before the Second World War started.
Serving with the 10th Submarine Flotilla, she was commanded by David Wanklyn VC. One of the most successful British submarines of World War Two, sinking two destroyers, three submarines, three transports, ten merchant ships, two tankers and one trawler, totalling 128,353 tons of shipping.
Upholder sailed out of Grand Harbour, Valetta, in Malta in April 1942, never to be seen again, and is believed sunk off the Lybian coast, near Tripoli.
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