Upstart (P 65)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| 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.
Commanders
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Paul Charles Chapman | DSC MID |
| 1945: | Acting Lieutenant | Ian Robert Menzies (RNVR) | DSC |
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 |
Comments
Comment by: Michael Griffiths on November 11, 2019
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.
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