| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping on 23rd December 1949. |
| 14-02-1942 | Laid Down |
| 15-10-1943 | Launched |
| 13-01-1944 | Completed |
| 27-07-1944 | HMS Vigorous sinks the Greek sailing vessel Doxa with gunfire 18 miles south of Milos Island, Greece. |
| 03-09-1944 | HMS Vigorous claims the sinking of two sailing vessels off Paximadia Island, Greece. |
| 24-09-1944 | HMS Vigorous claims the sinking of a sailing vessel south-east of Cape Drepano, Sithonia Peninsula, Greece. |
| 27-09-1944 | HMS Vigorous torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Salomea and the German ferry SF 121 off Kassandra, Greece. |
| 16-06-1945 | HMS Vigorous damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 23-12-1949 | Sold for scrapping. |
| 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 |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped 22vd January 1946 at Briton Ferry. | |
This gripping personal account of life as a young World War Two submariner on two famous Royal Navy submarines, gives vivid detail of depth charging, gun actions and other operations.
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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 |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped 22vd January 1946 at Briton Ferry. | |
This gripping personal account of life as a young World War Two submariner on two famous Royal Navy submarines, gives vivid detail of depth charging, gun actions and other operations.
22 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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