| Built By: | Fore River (USA) |
| Build Group: | R (USS) |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Troon, Scotland in February 1948. |
In January 1943 she was transferred to Plymouth also for use as an anti-submarine warfare training boat. In October 1944 she was decommissioned and placed in reserve.
| 12-12-1917 | Laid Down |
| 18-01-1918 | Launched |
| 04-11-1941 | USS R-3 was transferred to the Royal Navy at New London. She joined 7th Flotilla at Holy Loch for anti-submarine warfare training in January 1942. |
| 04-11-1941 | Completed |
| 20-12-1944 | Returned to the USN but remained laid up in Britain. |
K 15 |
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| Class: | 1915 - 1926: K Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | K1 |
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Fate: Sank alongside HMS Canterbury whilst in Portsmouth Harbour, 25th June 1921. |
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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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K 15 |
|
| Class: | 1915 - 1926: K Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | K1 |
|
Fate: Sank alongside HMS Canterbury whilst in Portsmouth Harbour, 25th June 1921. |
|
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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