HMS Unrivalled
HMS Unrivalled entering Grand Harbour, Malta, flying the Jolly Roger flag denoting the sinking of a U-boat.
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Name | HMS Unrivalled |
Ordered | 23 August 1940 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 12 May 1941 |
Launched | 16 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 3 May 1942 |
Fate | Scrapped 22 January 1946 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | U-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 195 ft 6 in (59.6 m) |
Beam | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 10 in (4.8 m) |
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Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
Complement | 33 |
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HMS Unrivalled (P45) was a
Design and description
HMS Unrivalled was one of the second group of U-class submarines ordered on 23 August 1940.[1] These submarines differed from their predecessors in that they were lengthened by 5 feet (1.5 m) "to give a more streamlined shape aft and to improve the flow of water over the propellers."[2]
The submarine was 195 feet 6 inches (59.6 m) long and 15 feet 9 inches (4.80 m)
HMS Unrivalled was equipped with four 21-inch (533 mm) bow
Career
HMS Unrivalled was ordered on 23 August 1940 as part of the 1940 naval construction programme from Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness.[1] She was laid down on 12 May 1941, launched on 16 February 1942 and commissioned on 3 May 1942.[4]
Apart from a work-up patrol in the Norwegian Sea, she spent the bulk of the war in the
Unrivalled also damaged the
Notes
References
- Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
External links
- "HMS Unrivalled (P 45)". uboat.net.
- "Universal to Untamed". British Submarines of World War II. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007.