HMS Vampire (P72)

HMS Vampire
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Vampire
Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 9 November 1942
Launched: 20 July 1943
Commissioned: 13 November 1943
Identification: pennant number P72
Motto:
  • Invisa et Inopinata
  • Latin: "Unseen and Unexpected"[1]
Honours and
awards:		 Aegean 1944
Fate: Scrapped at Gateshead, March 1950
General characteristics
Class and type: V-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 545 tons (standard - surfaced)
  • 658 tons (full load - surfaced)
  • 740 tons (submerged)
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 Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
  • 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW)
Speed:
  • 11.25 knots (20.84 km/h) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h) submerged
Complement: 33
Armament:

HMS Vampire was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy (RN).[2]

The boat was laid down by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness on 9 November 1942. She was launched on 20 July 1943,[2] and commissioned into the RN on 13 November 1943.

The submarine operated during the late stages of World War II, and earned the battle honour "Aegean 1944".[2] The submarine was decommissioned after the war and was broken up for scrap at Gateshead in March 1950

Notes

  1. ↑ Cassells, The Destroyers, p. 240
  2. 1 2 3 Cassells, The Destroyers, p. 145

References

  • Cassells, Vic (2000). The Destroyers: their battles and their badges. East Roseville, NSW: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7318-0893-2. OCLC 46829686.
  • "HMS Vampire (P 72)". uboat.net. Retrieved 2007-02-02.


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