HMS Vampire (P72)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vampire.

History
HMS Vampire
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 & 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:	4 × bow internal 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes 8-10 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun

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

↑ Cassells, The Destroyers, p. 240
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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