Universal to UntamedPage last Updated:
4-Jan-2008
| Name | Class | Pennant | Crew | Built | Builder
| Disposal Date | Method |
Universal | U3 | P57 | 33 | 10-Nov-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Tyne | 01-Jun-46 | Scrap | She spent most of the war in the
Mediterranean under Lt C Gordon RN.
6 Sep 43, sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessels V 130/Ugo and V 134/Tre Sorelle.
18 Dec 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant La Foce (2497 GRT) south of Chiavari, Genova, Italy in position 44º15'N, 09º18'E.
27 Feb 44, torpedoed and damaged the Italian tanker (in German control) Cesteriano (6664 GRT) off Cape Camarat, southern France.
The damaged tanker was towed to Toulon.
23 May 44, torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary gunboat SG 15 (590 tons, former French Rageot de la Touche) off Genoa, Italy.
17 Jun 44, torpedoed and sank the German merchant Canosa (3823 GRT, former French Corsa) off Cassis, southern France.
21 Jun 44, sank the German Guardboat FMa 06 (121 GRT, former French Guarani) south of Marseille, southern France.
22 Jun 44, torpedoed and sank the German merchants President Dal Piaz (4929 GRT) off Cassis, southern France.
14 Jul 44, damaged the Spanish sailing vessel Sevellina off Port Vendres, southern France.
4 Aug 44, torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary minesweeper Petrel (80 GRT) of the coast southern France.
Lt. SS Brooks, DSC, RN, 29 Nov 44 - 4 Jun 45; Lt. RW Garson, RN, 4 Jun 45 - 8 Sep 45.
Universal survived the war and was sold to be broken up for scrap in February 1946, and scrapped at Milford Haven in June 1946.
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Unrivalled | U2 | P45 | 33 | 15-Feb-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 22-Jan-46 | Scrap |
 Lt. H.B. Turner, RN
3 Dec 42, torpedoed and damaged the Italian torpedo boat Antonio Mosto in the Gulf of Tunis in position 37º16'N, 10º22'E.
Also damages the Italian sailing vessel Cesira Curreri (81 GRT) with gunfire in the Gulf of Tunis in position 37º09'N, 10º29'E.
26 Dec 42, sank the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser O 97 / Margherita (69 GRT) with gunfire about 5 nm north of Mehedia,
Tunisia in position 35º32'N, 11º05'E.
31 Dec 42, torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Maddalena (345 GRT) south-east of Mehedia, Tunisia in position 35º18'N, 11º23'E.
16 Jan 43, sank the Italian tug Genova (91 GRT) with gunfire near Sousa, Tunisia.
20 Jan 43, while on patrol of Tunisia, intercepted a small Italian naval auxiliary towing a schooner. The naval auxiliary is sunk by
gunfire, most likely this was the former French auxiliary minesweeper AD 283/Grondin seized in Bizerta. The schooner apparently
beached herself on the Tunisian coast.
21 Jan 43, sank the Italian sailing vessels Margherita (140 GRT) and Ardito (120 GRT) with gunfire and scuttling
charges about 5 nm north-east of Kuriat, Tunisia.
16 Feb 43, while operating south of Punta Stilo, torpedoed and sank the Italian sailing vessel Sparviero (498 GRT), 38º18'N, 16º26'E.
Also torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Pasubio (2216 GRT) in position 38º18'N, 16º29E'.
29 Mar 43, torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ 2201/Bois Rose (1375 GRT) and UJ 2204/Boréal
(1188 GRT) off the Gulf of Picarenzi, Italy in position 38º05'N, 13º26'E.
1 Apr 43, sank the Italian sailing vessel Triglav (231 GRT) 4 nm south-east of Cape San Vito.
19 Apr 43, sank the Italian merchant Mostaganem (1942 GRT) west of Sicily in position 38º11'N, 11º44'E.
19 Apr 43, sank the Italian tanker Bivona (1646 GRT) west of Sicily in position 38º22'N, 12º36'E.
6 May 43, attacked but missed the Italian sailing vessel Albina (223 GRT) with a torpedo off Cape Vaticano, Calabria, Italy.
7 May 43, sank the Italian sailing vessel Albina (223 GRT) off Cape Vaticano, Calabria, Italy.
9 May 43, torpedoed and sank the small Italian merchant Santa Mariana Salina (763 GRT) 6.5 nautical miles south-east of Lipari, Italy.
24 Jul 43, sank the Italian auxiliary minesweeper R172/Impero (68 GRT) with gunfire off Amantea, Italy in position 38º59'N, 15º38'E.
25 Jul 43, sank the Italian tug Iseo (80 GRT) with gunfire 1 mile south of Cape Vaticano.
28 Jul 43, sank the small Italian vessel San Francisco di Paola A. (102 GRT) with gunfire 1 nm south of Cape Vaticano, Italy.
Lt. DS Brown, RNVR, 15 Feb 44 - 26 Feb 45; Lt. RP Fitzgerald, DSC, RN, 26 Feb 45 - end of war.
Broken up at Briton Ferry.
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Unruffled | U2 | P46 | 33 |
19-Dec-41 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Jan-46 | Scrap |
Made many patrols from Malta 1942-43. (Lt.
J. Stevens) Operations Harpoon/Vigorous, June 42.
20 Sep 42 sank Italian Liberia off Tunisian coast.
21 Sep 42 sank the Italian Aquila off Tunisian coast.
22 Sep 42 sank Italian Leonardo Palomba off Tunisian coast.
11 Oct 42 sank Italian Una off Capri.
13 Oct 42 sank the Italian Loreto off Capri, 130 POWs lost.
9 Nov 42, torpedoed and damaged Italian light cruiser Attilio Regolo west of
Sicily, removing the cruiser's bow up to the bridge.  Lt Stevens had no
more torpedoes, and the cruiser was towed to port by the tug Polifemo,
escorted by torpedo boats Cigno, Lince and Abba. United
tried to finish off the cruiser, but failed.
14 Dec 42, sank the Italian merchants Castelverde (6666 BRT) and Honestas (4959 BRT) off
the Tunisian coast.
15 Dec 42 sank the Italian Sant'Antioco (5050 BRT) off Tunisia.
31 Jan 43, sank the merchant Lisboa.
21 Feb 43, sank merchant Baalbeck.
3 Jun 43, torpedoed and sank tanker Henri Desprez (9895BRT).
3 Aug 43, sank Italian merchant Citta di Catania (3355BRT).
5 Oct 43 torpedoed and sank German merchant Pommern off Bastia, Corsica.
Lt. O Lascelles, DSC, RN late 43 - 13 Apr 44; Lt. RF Park, RN, 13 Apr 44 - 4 Dec 1944; Lt. AH MacCoy, DSC, SANF(V), 4 Dec 44 - end of war.
Broken up at Troon. |
Unruly | U2 | P49 | 33 | 28-Jul-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Feb-46 | Scrap |
 Lt.
J.P. Fyfe. Took part in convoy protection duties off North Cape, December
1942. Sank French merchant St Lucien (1256BRT) off southern
France, Med. 16 May 43, torpedoed and damaged Italian merchant Nicolo
Tommaseo (4573BRT). 14 Jun 43, torpedoed and damaged Italian merchant Valentino
Coda (4485BRT). 13-July-1943 Sunk Italian 'Platino' class s/m Acciaio
(details)
north of the Strait of Messina (during Operation Husky - invasion of Sicily). 8
Oct 43, torpedoed and sunk German minelayer Bulgaria (1108BRT) but
missed minelayer Drache south of Amorgos. Broken up at Inverkeithing.
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Unseen | U2 | P51 | 33 | 16-Apr-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Sep-49 | Scrap | Lt. M.L.C. Crawford, DSC, RN
16 Jan 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Zenobia Martini (1454 GRT) north of Gerba Island, Tunisia, 33º56'N, 11º06'E.
18 Jan 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian naval auxiliary Sportivo (1598 GRT) 5 nm off Zuara, Libya, 33º00'N, 12º08'E.
4 Feb 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Le Tre Marie (1086 GRT) about 6 nm south of Punta Alice, Italy, 39º16'N, 17º11'E.
4 Mar 43, while patrolling off Soussa, Tunisia, destroyed the wreck of the German merchant Macedonia (2875 GRT) and a salvage barge.
24 Mar 43, fired four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Saluzzo (3747 GRT, former French Tamara) about 30 nm WSW of
Isola Marettimo, Italy in position 37º52'N, 11º27'E.
18 Apr 43, torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ-2205 (1168 GRT, former French Le Jacques Coeur)
NNW of Isola di Femmine, Sicily, Italy in position 38º15'N, 13º13'E.
4 Aug 43, while on patrol off Cape Rizzuto, Calabria, Italy, torpedoed, but missed, what was identified as an Italian Regolo-class
light cruiser.
27 Aug 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Rastello (1550 GRT, former Greek Messaryas Nomikos) 48nm NNW of
Brindisi, Italy in position 41º30'N, 16º38'E.
28 Aug 43, sank the Italian sailing vessel Fabiola (103 GRT) with gunfire and scuttling charges 3 nm WSW of Saseno Island, Albania.
21 Sep 43, torpedoed and sank the German minelayer Brandenburg (3895 GRT, former French Kita) and the German
nightfighter direction vessel Kreta (2600 GRT, former French Ile de Beauté) about 7 nm NE of Isola di Capraia, Italy
in position 43º08'N, 09º58'E.
22 Oct 43, torpedoed and sank the German barge F541 (155 GRT) off Imperia, Liguria, Italy.
Lt. RT Sallis, RN, mid 43 - 16 Apr 44, DSC awarded on 14 April 1944; T/Lt. T.D. Wood, DSC, RNVR, 16 Apr 44 - 5 Feb 45;
T/Lt. JA Cross, RCNVR, 5 Feb 45 - 15 Sep 45; Lt. IM Stoop, DSC, RN, 15 Sep 45 onward.
Broken up at Hayle, Cornwall.
Some excellent pictures here.
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Unshaken | U2 | P54 | 33 | 17-Feb-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Mar-46 | Scrap | Lt.
C.E. Oxborrow DSC RN - 5 Jul 42 radioed in a sighting and an exact
description of a heavy German force - including the Tirpitz, Admiral
Scheer and Hipper - as at sea in pursuit of the ill-fated convoy
PQ17 off North Norway. Hearing of these allied sighting reports (also made
by Russian submarine K-21 and a Catalina patrol aircraft) through
intelligence, Admiral Raeder cancelled the sortie, ordering the surface
fleet to return to port and leaving the Luftwaffe and U-boats to attack the
convoy. The convoy lost 24 ships out of 40, but it could have been even
worse for the convoy if the heavy force had remained at sea.
12 Aug 42, sank German merchant Georg L.M. Russ
(2890BRT) off Norway.
Lt J Whitton RN - 8 April 43 sinks Italian merchant
Foggia (1227BRT) off Tunisia.
28-April-1943 sunk Italian torpedo boat Climene off Sicily.
22 Jun 43, sank the Italian sailing vessel Giovanni G. (35 GRT) with gunfire off Augusta, Sicily, Italy.
23 Jun 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Pomo (1425 GRT, former Yugoslavian Nico Matkovic) off Syracuse,
Sicily, Italy in position 37º09'N, 15º15'E.
14 Jul 43, sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel No 265/Cesena (105 GRT) with gunfire off the southern coast of
Calabria, Italy in position 39º18'N, 17º16'E.
19 Jul 43, near Malta, Unshaken is missed by four torpedoes fired by ORP Dzik. The Poles thought they were
attacking an enemy submarine.
11 Aug 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian troop transport Asmara (7192 GRT) 3 nm east of Brindisi,
Italy in position 40º44'N, 18º03'E.
5 Sep 43, torpedoed and damaged the Italian tanker Dora C. (5843 GRT) about 10 nm east of Brindisi, Italy.
9 Sep 43, captured the Italian Fratelli Bandiera class submarine Ciro Menotti on the night that Italy ceased hostilities
and escorted it to Malta. (Previously on these pages as Menolti - its fate after capture is unknown, except that
it was broken up in 1948).
3 Oct 43, attacks, but misses with three torpedoes, the Italian merchant Nina (2212 GRT) off Elba Island. (Some verification
required, as this would have been after the Italian surrender).
7 Apr 44, torpedoed and sank the German merchant Asien (3894 GRT) off Lista, Norway in position 58º08'N, 06º32'E.
Later attacked DS Oslo. Broken up at Troon. |
Unsparing | U2 | P55 | 33 | 28-Jul-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Tyne | 01-Feb-46 | Scrap | Lt Cdr A.D.
'Peter' Piper RNR DSC & Bar, 28 Aug 42 - 20 Oct 44. Malta and Beirut. Successful in
Med/Aegean:
31 Aug 43, torpedoed and sank the Italian tanker Flegetonte (1162 GRT) off Bari, Italy in position 41º31'N, 16º57'E.
29 Sep 43, sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire off Kythira Island, Greece in position 36º27'N, 23º05'E.
29 Oct 43, torpedoed and sank the German merchant Ingeborg (1160 GRT, former French Ste. Martine) west
of the Island of Stampalia, Greece in position 36º33N, 25º54'E.
31 Oct 43, damaged a sailing vessel with gunfire south of Cape Koraxas, Amorgos Island, Greece in position 36º44'N, 25º48'E.
2 Dec 43, sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Levitha island, Greece.
15 Jan 44, sank two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire off Lemnos Island, Greece.
19 Feb 44, torpedoed and damaged the German merchant Peter (3754 GRT) in the Aegean north of Skiathos Island, 39º33'N, 23º22'E.
22 Feb 44, sank the Greek sailing vessel Evangelistria with gunfire off Volos, Greece.
19 May 44, sank two sailing vessels and damaged two others with gunfire off Kos.
21 Jun 44, sank the German submarine chaser UJ 2106 (former Greek minelayer Tenedos),
the German barge Sybille (former French Cassion) and the German ferry SF 284 south of Cape Maleas, Greece.
Lt. JMC Fenton, DSC, RN, 20 Oct 44 - 13 Jun 45; Lt. CRPC Branson, RN, 13 Jun 45 - 8 Sep 45.
Broken up at Inverkeithing. |
Unswerving | U2 | P63 | 33 | 19-Jul-43 |
Vickers
Armstrong Tyne | 10-Jul-49 | Scrap |
 Work-Ups
at end of 43, then joined 1st Flotilla in Med, where it did patrols in the
Aegean Sea. Lt. M.D. Tattersall, RNVR
19 Mar 44, torpedoed, but missed, the German merchant Gertrud (1960 GRT) off Cape Maleas, Greece.
20 Mar 44, sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire off Crete in position 35º57'N, 24º02'E.
26 Mar 44, torpedoed, but missed, the German merchant Gertrud (1960 GRT)(the same one) off Souda Bay, Crete,
Greece 35º33'N, 24º18'E.
3 May 44, sank two sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Nauplia, Greece.
5 May 44, sank three sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Nauplia, Greece.
23 Jun 44, sank the German guardboats GN 61 and GN 62 with gunfire in the Skiathos Channel.
20 Jul 44, attacked, but missed, the German transport Pelikan and its escort the German torpedo boat TA 19
off Suda Bay, Crete.
7 Aug 44, claimed to have damaged a sailing vessel with gunfire in the Aegean Sea.
10 Aug 44, attacked, but missed, the small German merchant Toni (638 BRT, former Greek Thalia) with four
torpedoes off Milos, Greece.
2 Oct 44, attacked, but missed, the German auxiliary minelayer Zeus about 6 nm south-south-east of Cape Kassandra, Greece.
3 Oct 44, torpedoed and sank the German tanker Bertha (1810 GRT, former French Bacchus) about 40 nm
north of Skiathos Island, Greece.
Broken up at Newport. |
UntamedVitality | U2 | P58 | 33 | 08-Dec-42 |
Vickers Armstrong Tyne | 01-Mar-46 | Scrap | | Lt. G.M.
Noll RN. On 30 May 1943 HMS Untamed was exercising with ships of the 8th Escort Group off
Campbeltown. At 0950 that morning Untamed dived and commenced the first run of the day. After three
hours the submarine surfaced and prepared for the next run. Just after 1345 the submarine once again dived
and the second exercise of the day began. This exercise involved the anti-submarine training yacht Shemara
firing practice mortars against the submarine. The first two runs were successful with Untamed
indicating her position after each with a white smoke candle. At 1450 following the third run the submarine
did not immediately indicate her position, the Shemara fired "INDICATE POSITION" charge,
came to a stop and began tapping on the hull. The efforts of the Shemara were greeted by a yellow
smoke candle. Shemara moved to a position by the marker and once again began tapping the hull. At
this point a swirl of water was seen near the marker. Shemara called a halt to the exercise and
signalled the submarine to surface: there was no reply. A second surface signal was sent, again without result.
At 1602 Shemara sent a signal for assistance to the Naval Officer in Command and continued
to search for the submarine. At 1716 the sound of the submarine blowing her tanks was heard. Using asdic,
the Shemara located the submarine. For the next ten minutes the sound of the submarine blowing her
tanks and stopping and starting her engines could be heard. At 1733 HMS Thrasher arrived to render
assistance and tried to contact the Untamed. At 1745 all sound from the submarine ceased. Because
of worsening weather conditions, divers were not able to inspect the stricken submarine until 1115 on 1 June
- 45 hours after she had dived. There was no reply to the divers tapping on the hull of the submarine and
an inspection of the vessels hull showed no obvious damage. Only when the Untamed had been
salvaged did the cause of her loss become clear; the forward part of the submarine had been flooded through
a sluice valve. Salvaged 5-July-43 refitted and named Vitality. Broken up at Troon. |
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