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 in September 1945 and was broken up for scrap at Gateshead in March 1950
vampire, other, ships, with, same, name, vampire, vampire, class, submarine, royal, navy, vampirehistoryunited, kingdomnamehms, vampirebuildervickers, armstrong, barrow, furnesslaid, down9, november, 1942launched20, july, 1943commissioned13, november, 1943iden. For other ships with the same name see HMS Vampire HMS Vampire was a V class submarine of the Royal Navy RN 2 HMS VampireHistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS VampireBuilderVickers Armstrong Barrow in FurnessLaid down9 November 1942Launched20 July 1943Commissioned13 November 1943IdentificationPennant number P72MottoInvisa et Inopinata Latin Unseen and Unexpected 1 Honours andawardsAegean 1944FateScrapped at Gateshead March 1950General characteristicsClass and typeV class submarineDisplacement545 tons standard surfaced 658 tons full load surfaced 740 tons submerged Length204 ft 6 in 62 33 m Beam16 ft 1 in 4 90 m Draught15 ft 3 in 4 65 m Propulsion2 shaft diesel electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators electric motors 615 hp 459 kW 825 hp 615 kW Speed11 25 knots 20 84 km h surfaced 10 knots 19 km h submergedComplement33Armament4 bow internal 21 inch 533 mm torpedo tubes 8 10 torpedoes 1 3 inch 76 mm deck gunThe 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 in September 1945 and was broken up for scrap at Gateshead in March 1950Notes Edit Cassells The Destroyers p 240 a b c Cassells The Destroyers p 145References EditCassells Vic 2000 The Destroyers their battles and their badges East Roseville NSW Simon amp Schuster ISBN 0 7318 0893 2 OCLC 46829686 HMS Vampire P 72 uboat net Retrieved 2 February 2007 This article about a specific naval submarine of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Vampire P72 amp oldid 1088991023, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
