HMS Vampire (P72)

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

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

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:
  • 4 × bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 8-10 torpedoes
  • 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun

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

Notes
  1. Cassells, The Destroyers, p. 240
  2. Cassells, The Destroyers, p. 145
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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 2 February 2007.


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