u (3rd group)

Classe: U (3rd group)

(All ships of this class are described in this page)

Category: Coastal Submarine

Nation: Great Britain

Statistics:

Displacement: 581 tons
Length: 60 meters
Speed: 12 knots
1 x 3'' gun

Additional information on the web : [BritSub][RoyalNavyWW2]

Curie, Vox, P67

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened Vox.	Great Britain
May 1, 1943	Commissioned	transfert France (Free), christened Curie.	Great Britain
October 2, 1944	Combat	Sank two freighters.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
September 17, 1946	Transfered	transfert Great Britain, christened P67.	Great Britain
1949	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Dolfijn, P 47

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
November 19, 1941	Laid down	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 47.	Great Britain
July 27, 1942	Launched	-	Great Britain
October 8, 1942	Commissioned	transfert The Netherlands, christened Dolfijn.	Great Britain
February 9, 1943	Combat	sinks the Malachite.	Western Mediteranean Sea
May of 1952	Stricken	-	The Netherlands

Additional information on the web : [DutchSubmarines]

The British submarine P-47, which later became the Dutch Dolfijn. (This picture has been kindly lent to us by the site Dutch Submarine)

Dzik, U 1, Springeren, P 52

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1941	Laid down	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 52.	Great Britain
October 11, 1942	Launched	transfert Poland, christened Dzik.	Great Britain
December 16, 1942	Commissioned	-	Great Britain
July of 1947	Transfered	transfert Denmark, christened Springeren.	Denmark
October of 1957	Transfered	transfert Great Britain.	Great Britain
April of 1958	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Additional information on the web : [Janbart]

P 32

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
May 3, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 32.	Great Britain
August 18, 1941	Sunk	Hit a mine and sank off Libya.	Libya

P 33

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
May 30, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 33.	Great Britain
August 23, 1941	Sunk	Sunk by an Italian surface ship off Pantelleria.	Malta

P 36

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
September 24, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 36.	Great Britain
March 22, 1942	-	Second battle of the Gulf of Syrte.	Libya
April 1, 1942	Damaged beyond repair	Bombing of Malta by the German and Italian airforces. Sunk by the German Luftwaffe.	Malta

P 38

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
October 17, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 38.	Great Britain
February 25, 1942	Sunk	sunk by the Circe.	Tunisia

P 39

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
November 16, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 39.	Great Britain
March 26, 1942	Sunk	Bombing of Malta by the German and Italian airforces. Sunk by the German Luffwaffe.	Malta
1954	Stricken	-	Malta

P 48

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
April of 1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 48.	Great Britain
June 18, 1942	Commissioned	-	Great Britain
November 8, 1942	-	Landing at Algier (Torch).	Algeria
December 25, 1942	Sunk	sunk by the Ardente.	Tunisia

Ula, P66, Varne, Haai

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
April 29, 1942	Laid down	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P66.	Great Britain
August 19, 1942	Transfered	transfert The Netherlands, christened Haai.	Great Britain
January 22, 1943	Launched	transfert Great Britain, christened Varne.	Great Britain
April 3, 1944	Commissioned	transfert Norway, christened Ula.	Great Britain
April 19, 1944	Combat	sinks the U 974.	North Sea
December of 1965	Stricken	-	Germany

Additional information on the web : [DutchSubmarines][ula_uredd]

Ultimatum, P 34

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
February of 1941	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 34.	Great Britain
July 28, 1941	Commissioned	christened Ultimatum.	Great Britain
March 14, 1942	Combat	sinks the Mille.	Mediterranean Sea
June 14, 1942	-	Battles of mid-June.	Western Mediteranean Sea
August 10, 1942	-	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Malta
December of 1949	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Ultor, P 53

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
December 31, 1942	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 53.	Great Britain
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Umbra, P 35

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
September 2, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 35.	Great Britain
June 14, 1942	-	Battles of mid-June.	Western Mediteranean Sea
June 16, 1942	Combat	Battles of mid-June. sinks the Trento.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
1947	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unbending, P 37

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1941	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 37.	Great Britain
November 5, 1941	Commissioned	christened Unbending.	Great Britain
October 19, 1942	Combat	sinks the Da Verrazzano.	Italy
1950	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unbroken, P 42, B 2, Unbroken

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1941	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 42.	Great Britain
January 29, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unbroken.	Great Britain
April 11, 1942	-	Battles of mid-June.	Western Mediteranean Sea
August 13, 1942	-	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Western Mediteranean Sea
1944	Transfered	transfert Russia, christened B 2.	Black Sea
October of 1944	Combat	Sinks two German transport off the coast of Norway.	Arctic
1949	Transfered	transfert Great Britain, christened Unbroken.	Great Britain
1950	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unison, B 3, Unison, P43

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
February 19, 1942	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened Unison.	Great Britain
June of 1942	-	Battles of mid-June.	Western Mediteranean Sea
1944	Transfered	transfert Russia, christened B 3.	Black Sea
1949	Transfered	transfert Great Britain, christened Unison.	Great Britain
1950	Stricken	-	Great Britain

United, P 44

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1941	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 44.	N/A
April 2, 1942	Commissioned	christened United.	Great Britain
August 10, 1942	-	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Malta
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Universal, P 57

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 57.	Great Britain
March 8, 1943	Commissioned	christened Universal.	Great Britain
May 25, 1944	Combat	sinks the SG15.	Italy
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unrivalled, P 45

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
February of 1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 45.	Great Britain
May 3, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unrivalled.	Great Britain
January of 1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unruffled, P 46

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 46.	N/A
April 9, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unruffled.	Great Britain
June 14, 1942	-	Battles of mid-June.	Western Mediteranean Sea
August 10, 1942	-	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Malta
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unruly, P 49

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 49.	N/A
November 3, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unruly.	Great Britain
December 31, 1942	-	Convoys JW-51 and RA-51.	Arctic
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unseen, P 51

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 51.	N/A
July 2, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unseen.	Great Britain
1949	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unshaken, P 54

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
February of 1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 54.	Great Britain
May 21, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unshaken.	Great Britain
November 8, 1942	-	Landing at Oran (Torch).	Algeria
March of 1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unsparing, P 55

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 55.	Great Britain
November 29, 1942	Commissioned	christened Unsparing.	Great Britain
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Unswerving, P 63

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 63.	Great Britain
October 3, 1943	Commissioned	christened Unswerving.	Great Britain
1949	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Untamed, P 58, Vitality

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 58.	Great Britain
April 14, 1943	Commissioned	christened Untamed.	Great Britain
May 30, 1943	Destroyed by accident	-	Great Britain
July 5, 1943	Refloated	christened Vitality.	Great Britain
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Untiring, P 59, Amphitri, Untiring

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 59.	Great Britain
June 9, 1943	Commissioned	christened Untiring.	Great Britain
1945	Transfered	transfert Greece, christened Amphitri.	Greece
1952	Transfered	transfert Great Britain, christened Untiring.	Great Britain
July 25, 1957	Scuttled	-	Great Britain

Uproar, Ullswater, P 31

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
April 2, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine.	Great Britain
June 14, 1942	-	Battles of mid-June.	Western Mediteranean Sea
August 10, 1942	-	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Malta
1943	christened	christened Ullswater.	Great Britain
1946	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Uredd, P41

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
December 12, 1941	Commissioned	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P41.	Great Britain
at the beginning of 1942	Transfered	transfert Norway, christened Uredd.	Great Britain
March 12, 1942	-	Hunt againt the Tirpitz.	Norway
February 10, 1943	Sunk	-	North Sea

Additional information on the web : [ula_uredd]

Usurper, P 56

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 56.	Great Britain
February 2, 1943	Commissioned	christened Usurper.	Great Britain
July 27, 1943	Combat	sinks the Château Yquem, Sinks the French freighter Château Yquem on her way to Corsica.	Great Britain
October 11, 1943	Sunk	sunk by the Uj 2208.	Italy

Uther, P 62

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 62.	N/A
August 15, 1943	Commissioned	christened Uther.	Great Britain
1950	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Vandal, P 64

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1942	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 64.	N/A
February 20, 1943	Commissioned	christened Vandal.	Great Britain
February 24, 1943	Destroyed by accident	-	Great Britain

Varangian, P 61

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 61.	Great Britain
July 10, 1943	Commissioned	christened Varangian.	Great Britain
1949	Stricken	-	Great Britain

Xifias, Upstart, P 65, Upstart

Date	Incident	Battles	Place
1943	Launched	Great Britain, coastal submarine, christened P 65.	Great Britain
1943	Commissioned	christened Upstart.	Great Britain
1944	Transfered	transfert Greece, christened Xifias.	Great Britain
1952	Transfered	transfert Great Britain, christened Upstart.	Great Britain
August 29, 1957	Sunk	-	Great Britain