| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 5th March 1950 at Gateshead. |
| 09-11-1942 | Laid Down |
| 12-12-1942 | HMS Vamire was depth charged and sunk by the Italian MTB Fortunale off Naples. |
| 20-07-1943 | Launched |
| 13-11-1943 | Completed |
| 12-05-1944 | HMS Vampire sinks a sailing vessel Monemvassia, Greece through ramming. |
| 23-06-1944 | HMS Vampire sinks the Greek sailing vessel Abba/KA 1610 with gunfire off Kandeliusa Island and three other sailing vessels near Mandraki, Greece. |
| 19-07-1944 | While on patrol off Milos, Greece HMS Vampire fires four torpedoes at the German merchant Pelikan and the German torpedo boat TA 19. All torpedoes miss. |
| 21-08-1944 | HMS Vampire sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire off Mykonos Island, Greece. |
| 22-09-1944 | HMS Vampire torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Peter about 5 nautical miles north of Skiathos Island, Greece. |
| 23-09-1944 | HMS Vampire fires 4 torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2102. All torpedoes miss. |
| Length overall | 195 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 10 inch |
| Displacement | 648 tons (surface) |
| 735 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 | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| (8 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 33 Ratings |
In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last gasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, were brought together for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland,
Operation Seawolf. Captain Hans Kessler, a grizzled submarine commander from both World Wars, is called into service to make the mission a success and help turn the tide of the war.
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| Length overall | 195 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 10 inch |
| Displacement | 648 tons (surface) |
| 735 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 | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| (8 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 33 Ratings |
In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last gasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, were brought together for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland,
Operation Seawolf. Captain Hans Kessler, a grizzled submarine commander from both World Wars, is called into service to make the mission a success and help turn the tide of the war.
22 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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