| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in March 1950 at Milford Haven. |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Kenneth Henry Martin | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Ronald Max Seaburne-May | DSC |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | Roger Creswell Bucknall |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 20th Nov, 1944 | |
| Motto | This nettle - danger. | |
| Symbology | Nettles. The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'. | |
| Design Notes | A sprig of stinging-nettle palewise proper on a white field. | |
| Additional Notes | The motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Pt 1. | |
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| Unofficial (Broad Design) | ||
| Motto | This nettle - danger. | |
| Symbology | Nettles. The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'. | |
| Design Notes | A sprig of nettles slipped, surmounted by a dagger erect palewise. Colours unknown. | |
| Additional Notes | The motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Pt 1. | |
| 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 |
The name of Her Majesty's Submarine Upholder is inseparably linked to the name of her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander W. D. Wanklyn VC DSO and 2 Bars RN. Upholder, under Wanklyn's command, was perhaps the most successful British submarine of the Second World War Lt. Cdr. Wanklyn was Upholder's captain throughout the whole of her short life, from her completion at Barrow in 1940 until she was lost on April 14, 1942.
Hell-bent on starving the British into surrender, Hitlers U-Boats prowled the Atlantic in packs like hungry wolves sending ships, supplies and thousands of men to a watery grave. Stealthy and undetected, the German submarines of WW2 were unparalleled in the ability of sneak attack.
Their goal was to destroy merchant shipping bound for the British Isles with essential supplies, and bring the country to the brink of starvation and total collapse allowing an easy Nazi invasion.
This new DVD release contains spectacular footage of operation U-Boats, detailed graphics and additional featurs including a gallery of U-Boat types, and in-depth Tech Specs.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 20th Nov, 1944 | |
| Motto | This nettle - danger. | |
| Symbology | Nettles. The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'. | |
| Design Notes | A sprig of stinging-nettle palewise proper on a white field. | |
| Additional Notes | The motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Pt 1. | |
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| Unofficial (Broad Design) | ||
| Motto | This nettle - danger. | |
| Symbology | Nettles. The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'. | |
| Design Notes | A sprig of nettles slipped, surmounted by a dagger erect palewise. Colours unknown. | |
| Additional Notes | The motto is from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Pt 1. | |
| 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 |
The name of Her Majesty's Submarine Upholder is inseparably linked to the name of her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander W. D. Wanklyn VC DSO and 2 Bars RN. Upholder, under Wanklyn's command, was perhaps the most successful British submarine of the Second World War Lt. Cdr. Wanklyn was Upholder's captain throughout the whole of her short life, from her completion at Barrow in 1940 until she was lost on April 14, 1942.
Hell-bent on starving the British into surrender, Hitlers U-Boats prowled the Atlantic in packs like hungry wolves sending ships, supplies and thousands of men to a watery grave. Stealthy and undetected, the German submarines of WW2 were unparalleled in the ability of sneak attack.
Their goal was to destroy merchant shipping bound for the British Isles with essential supplies, and bring the country to the brink of starvation and total collapse allowing an easy Nazi invasion.
This new DVD release contains spectacular footage of operation U-Boats, detailed graphics and additional featurs including a gallery of U-Boat types, and in-depth Tech Specs.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.
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