HMS Upshot (P82)
Appearance
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Upshot |
Ordered | 21 May 1942 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 30 May 1943 |
Launched | 24 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 2 November 1949 |
Identification | Pennant number P82 |
Fate | Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward's shipbreakers, Preston |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | V-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 204 ft 6 in (62.33 m) |
Beam | 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel-electric, 2 Paxman diesel generators + electric motors, 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW) |
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Complement | 33 officers and men |
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HMS Upshot was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-class submarines ordered on 21 May 1942.
She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness), being laid down on 3 May 1943, launched on 24 March 1944, and finally commissioned on 15 May 1944.
Fate
[edit]The submarine was decommissioned on 2 November 1949 and broken up for scrap in Preston.
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- HMS Upshot at Uboat.net