| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U1 |
| Fate: | Returned to the UK for refit. On completion did a short period in UK waters before returning to the Mediterranean. On 10th October 1942 Submarine HMS Unique was on passage from UK to Gibraltar and had been ordered to conduct a patrol off North Spain on the way to intercept any possible 'blockade runners'. Submarine HMS Ursula which had similar orders heard sounds of explosions whilst crossing the Bay of Biscay and assumed that Submarine HMS Unique was being attacked. No claim for an attack was made but it was assumed that the Submarine was lost with all hands after the attack. |
Ex P36
1941: 10th Flotilla - Malta
Roll of Honour |
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| Adlard, Gwynne Addison |
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| Amos, Kenneth Douglas |
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| Bartley, Andrew |
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| Boddington, Robert Evelyn MID |
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| Bond, Raymond Walter John DSM |
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| Booth, George Edward |
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| Bowlt, Benjamin |
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| Breen, William (RNVR) |
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| Bryson, Andrew Birridge |
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| Burgess, John William |
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| Chapman, Clifford DSM |
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| Collins, Leopold Albert Edward |
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| Denne, Albert Edward John MID |
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| Edgar, Stanley Martin |
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| Fennell, Albert Ernest |
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| Fitall, Sydney Charlie Frank |
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| Frith, Geoffrey George Wesson |
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| Frith, Ronald |
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| Garner, Cecil Edward |
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| Holland, George Henry |
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| Martin, Anthony Howard |
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| Meade, Jack Barker |
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| Morten, Maurice Furness |
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| Moss, Edward |
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| Niel, Stanley Munro |
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| Reed, Charles Ian |
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| Riley, Leslie John |
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| Thewlis, Norman MID |
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| Tuck, Allen Royson |
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| Turnbull, Roy Frederick Howard |
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| Venn, Leonard Jack |
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| Waterhouse, George Albert |
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| Woodman, Edward John Humphrey |
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| Worland, Arthur George |
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| 30-10-1939 | Laid Down |
| 06-06-1940 | Launched |
| 27-09-1940 | Completed |
| 23-12-1940 | Arrived Gibraltar, she was the first U class boat to attack shipping in the Med, albeit unsuccessful. |
| 18-02-1941 | Arrived Malta, commanded by Lt. A.F. Collett. |
| 10-03-1941 | HMS Unique torpedoes and sinks the Italian passenger/cargo ship Fenicia about 95 nautical miles north-west of Tripoli, Libya. |
| 03-06-1941 | HMS Unique torpedoes and damages (total loss) the Italian cargo ship Arsia at Lampedusa harbour. |
| 20-08-1941 | HMS Unique torpedoes and sinks the Italian troop tansport Esperia 11 nautical miles off the Tripoli lighthouse, Libya. Consequently attacked by aircraft and damaged resulting in her return to Malta. |
| 05-01-1942 | HMS Unique attacks the Italian battleship Littorio with torpedoes in the Gulf of Taranto but miss the target. |
| 24-10-1942 | Lost cause unknown to the west of Gibraltar |
Seven members of the crew of Upstart recently spent a weekend at Pontefract, the guests of Upstarts Comforts Fund Committee. The visitors were Sub-Lt. Turbett, P.O. Best, A.B. Francis, A.B. Stoker. Leading Stoker Walker, A.B. Webb and Signalman Long. They were met on Friday afternoon by members of the committee including the chairman, Mrs. F. Pybus, and the secretary, Miss E. Waddington; and they were entertained to tea. Later in the day, they were accompanied by members of the committee to a Civic Reception and Dinner at which the Mayor of Pontefract presided. The following day, Upstart visited Dunhill's Liquorice Works, and as a memento of his visit, each man received a box of sweets from the management. These came in handy in the afternoon when they visited Pontefract race meeting, and their day ended with a visit to the home of Mrs. Pybus for tea. At trip to Pontefract Castle occupied the Sunday morning, and after lunch in the town, Upstart received a grand send off from the Mayor and members of the Comforts Fund. It was a weekend which they will remember.
| 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. |
Seraph (P 219) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Sold and scrapped, Briton Ferry, 20th December 1965. |
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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. |
Seraph (P 219) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: Sold and scrapped, Briton Ferry, 20th December 1965. |
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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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