HMS Upshot (P82)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Upshot
Ordered	21 May 1942
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	30 May 1943
Launched	24 March 1944
Commissioned	15 May 1944
Identification	pennant number P82
Fate	Scrapped at Thos W Ward's shipbreakers, Preston on 2 November 1949
Badge	File:HMS Upshot badge.jpg
General characteristics
Class and type	V-class submarine
Displacement	545 tons standard/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 diesel generators + electric motors, 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW)
Speed	11.25 knots (21 km/h) surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h) submerged;
Complement	33 officers and men
Armament	4 × forward 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 8 torpedoes; 1 × [[QF 3 inch 20 cwt\|QF 3 in (76 mm)* gun]];

HMS Upshot was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-class submarines ordered on 21 May 1942.

She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness), being laid down on 3 May 1943, launched on 24 March 1944, and finally commissioned on 15 May 1944.

Fate

The submarine was decommissioned on 2 November 1949 and broken up for scrap in Preston.

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References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
HMS Upshot at Uboat.net

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