Untiring to UrgePage last Updated:
4-Jan-2008
| Name | Class | Pennant | Crew | Built | Builder
| Disposal Date | Method |
UntiringHHMS Xifias | U2 | P59 | 33 |
20-Jan-43 | Vickers Armstrong Tyne | 01-Jul-57 | Target |
 Lt. R. Boyd, DSC, RN
27 Aug 43, sank the Norwegian fishing vessel Havbis II with gunfire about 55 nm off the Norwagian coast in position 62º50'N, 02º10'E.
15 Oct 43, At 0603, fired four torpedoes at, but missed, the German submarine U-616 off Toulon, southern France.
14 Dec 43, torpedoed and sank the German netlayer Netztender 44/Prudente (396 GRT) in Monaco harbour.
6 Jan 44, torpedoed and sank the German barge F 296 south of Moneglia, Italy in position 44º13'N, 09º29'E.
31 Jan 44, sank the German Jean Suzon/FP 352 and St. Antoine/FP 358 with gunfire south-east of Cape Drammont, southern
France in position 43º24'N, 06º54'E.
11 Apr 44, sank the German auxiliary minesweeper M 6022/Enseigne south of Cannes, southern France in position
43º22'N, 07º00'E. Also may have sunk German tanker Cerere (formerly
the French Centaur)(1198BRT)
12 Apr 44, torpedoed and sank the German merchant Diana (1454 GRT) 5 nm south of Oneglia in position 43º25'N, 06º51'E.
27 Apr 44, torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 6075 / Clairvoyant off Toulon, France in position
43º01'N, 05º58'E.
1 May 44, torpedoed and sank the German merchant Siena (2147 GRT, former French Astrée) off Port Vendres, southern France.
9 Jun 44, torpedoed, but missed, the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 6073/Nimeth Allah off Toulon, southern France in position
43º03'N, 05º43'E.
10 Jun 44, torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 6078/La Havraise (398 GRT) about 12 nm
south-west of La Ciotat, southern France in position 43º08'N, 05º36'E.
10 Jul 44, attacked, but missed, a German auxiliary patrol vessel off Cannes, southern France.
4 Oct 44, attacked, but missed, with 4 torpedoes against the German torpedo boat TA 18 (former Italian Solferino)
off the Kassandra peninsula, Greece.
5 Oct 44, torpedoed, but missed, the German merchant Burgas off the Kassandra peninsula, Greece.
Loaned to Greece as Xifias 45-52. Returned RN '52, Used
as Asdic target and sunk 25-Jul-57 off Start Point.
Still there. |
Upholder | U1 | 99N | 33 | 8
Jul 40
| Vickers
Armstrong Barrow | 14-Apr-42 | War Loss | | Lt Cdr
Malcolm David Wanklyn VC, DSO DSC RN. Most successful of all British submarines.
Some More Details. 10th Flotilla, Malta. 25 patrols. 24-May-41 attacked a
strongly escorted troop convoy off the coast of Sicily, sinking 18,000-ton liner Conte Rosso.
Sank Tembien 27/2/42 400+ POWs lost. Wanklyn was awarded the Victoria Cross for
this and previous actions. 18-Sep-41, sinks the 19,500-ton transports Neptunia and
Oceania, making for Tripoli. 9 Nov 41, sank the Italian destroyer Libeccio.
Sunk Italian s/m Saint Bon north of Sicily
5-Jan-42. Sunk Italian s/m Tricheco off Brindisi, southern Adriatic, 18-Mar-42.
Sunk, in all, 2 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 transports, 10 supply ships, 2 tankers,
1 trawler, totalling 128,353 tons. (Records according to 'Periscope Patrol' by
John Frayn Turner - recommended reading). Lost NE of Tripoli, western Libya (c 35-00'N, 16-00'E)
- by depth charges of Italian destroyer escort Pegaso. Sunk while attacking
Italian convoy North of Tripoli and presumed lost in the counter-attack; lost with all
hands. A legend. |
Upright | U1 | 89N, P38 | 33 | 21-Apr-40 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 01-Mar-46 | Scrap |  Lt
E.D. Norman DSO DSC RN, 10th Flotilla, Malta.
5 Feb, 1941 attacked an Italian convoy off Kerkennah, Tunisia. The Italian merchant Calino (5186 GRT) was missed in this attack.
23 Feb, 1941 torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Silvia Tripcovich (2365 GRT) about 60 nautical miles
north-east of Sfax, Tunisia in position 34º23'N, 11º49'E.
25 Feb, 1941 sank the Italian cruiser Armando Diaz, off east coast of
Tunisia. On the surface off Sfax, charging main batteries, the officer of the watch sighted "a cruiser or
a very large destroyer, escorted by two destroyers, one on each bow". Norman estimated the
target's course and speed, fired four torpedoes, and then dived. "As I got below," he said,
"the periscope was going up. I got it on the right bearing in time to see the first torpedo hit,
in the light of which I considered that the target was probably a cruiser." He had, in
fact, sunk the 5,000-ton Italian cruiser Armando Diaz for which he was awarded the DSO.
RM Armando Diaz pictured below.
31 Mar, 1941 torpedoed and damaged the transport Galilea (8040 GRT) off Tripoli, Libya in position 33º38'N, 12º40'E.
Lt J.S. Wraith DSC RN; 24 Jul, 1941 fired two torpedoes at the Italian floating drydock GO 22 off Cape dell'Armi. The torpedoes miss their target and Upright
is heavily depth charged by the escorts.
27 Sep, 1941 torpedoed and sank the Italian torpedo boat Albatros 8 nautical miles north-west of Cape Rasocolmo near Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.
13 Dec, 1941 torpedoed and sank the Italian merchants Fabio Filzi (6836 GRT) and Carlo del Greco (6837 GRT) about 15
nautical miles south of Cape San Vito.
9 May, 1942 sank an Italian drydock under tow with gunfire near Cape dell' Armi.
Other COs: Lt.Cdr. AF Collett, DSC, RN, 1 July 42 - 26 Jan 43; Lt. PRH Harrison, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN, 26 Jan 43 - 7 June 43;
Lt. RM Seaburne-May, DSC, RN, 7 June 43 - 21 May 44; Lt. JAL Wilkinson, RN, 21 May 1944 - end of war.
Broken up at Troon. More details.
Upright 2nd from left below, location unknown  |
UproarP31
Ulleswater | U2 | P31 | 33 | 27-Nov-40 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 13-Feb-46 | Scrap | Originally named
P31, then Ulleswater. 14 Jan, 1942 (As HMS P 31) (Lt. J.B.de B. Kershaw, RN) was damaged at Malta during an air raid.
5 Mar, 1942 torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Marin Sanudo (5081 GRT) about 10 nm south-west of Isola di Lampione
in position 35º27'N, 12º12'E. P 31 was depth charges by the Italian torpedo boats Cigno and Procione following this attack.
Operations Harpoon/Vigorous, off Taranto, June 42.
29 Nov 42 attacked but missed the Italian light cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli about 70 nautical miles south of Taranto,
Italy in position 39º20'N, 17º33'E.
6 Aug 43 (As Uproar) (Lt. L.E. Herrick, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel
D-15/Brindisi (1977 GRT) 7 nautical miles north-east of Bari, Italy in position 41º11'N, 16º56'E.
22 Sep 43 torpedoed and sank the small Italian passenger ship Andrea Sgarallino (731 GRT) north of Elba Island,
Italy in position 42º50'N, 10º21'E. Regrettably, Andrea Scarallino had some 300 civilians on board off which only four survived.
27 Sep 43 torpedoed and further damaged the German (former French) tanker Champagne (9946 GRT). The German tanker
is grounded off Bastia, Corsica, France after being torpedoed on the 24th by HMS Ultor. The torpedo from Uproar hits
the engine room and leaves the Germans no choice then to abandon their salvage attempt.
6 Dec 43 torpedoed and damaged the German troop transport Virgilio (11718 GRT) former Juguslavian Dubrovnik)
north-east of St. Tropez, southern France. The Viriglio was towed to Toulon and declared a total loss.
28 Dec 43 attacked but missed the Italian merchant Chisone (6168 GRT) off Genova, Italy. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
29 Feb 44 torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Chietti (3152 GRT, former French Artesien) about 11 nm south
of Cap Croisette, southern France in position 43º02'N, 05º19'E.
26 Mar 44 damaged the German tanker Matera (5011 GRT, former French General Gassouin) with gunfire inside the
harbour of Oneglia, Liguria, Italy.
30 Mar 44 attacked but missed the German Type VIIC U-boat U-466 off Toulon, southern France.
10th Flotilla.
Broken up at Inverkeithing.
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Upshot | V | P82 | 37 | 24-Mar-44 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 22-Nov-49 | Scrap |
3rd Flotilla, Holy Loch. Appears to have
remained as a training boat in home waters.
Commanding Officers:
Lt. M.H. Ferrar, RN
21 February 1944 - 3 December 1944
Lt. A.J. Boyall, RN, 3 December 1944 - ?
Broken up at Preston.
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UpstartHHMS Amfitrite | U2 | P65 | 33 |
24-Nov-42 | Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 29-Jul-57 | Target | Lt.
Cdr Paul Chapman, author of 'Submarine Torbay' (Hale, 1989) was C.O.
14 Sep 43 sank the French fishing vessels Grotte de Bethlehem (49 GRT) and Torpille (46 GRT) in the Bay of Biscay.
2 Nov 43 while on patrol off Toulon, attacked but missed the French merchant Medjerda.
15 Feb 44 torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary minelayer Niedersachsen (1794 GRT, former French Guyane)
off Toulon, in position 43º03'N, 06º02'E.
21 May 44 torpedoed and sank the German merchant Tolentino (4898 GRT, former French Saumur) half a mile east
of Port Vendres, southern France.
28 Jul 44 attacked but missed the Italian merchant Pascoli south-east of Cape Cepet, southern France.
Became Greek Amfitrite 1945-1952. Expended as A/S target off Isle of
Wight - still checking on year, 1959 or 1957.
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UrchinORP Sokol
| U1 | 97N, P39, P97 | 33 | 30-Sep-40 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 1949 | Scrap |
Loaned to Polish Navy 11 Jan 41, re-named 'Sokol'
(Falcon). As Sokol, Cdr Karnicki, VM DSO, had a famous career with
10th Flotilla at Malta:
28 Oct 41 attacked but missed the Italian Citta di Palermo (5413 GRT) west of Isola d'Ischia, Italy in position 40º42'N, 13º47'E.
2 Nov 41 together with HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) sank the Italian merchant Balilla (2469 GRT) about
20 nm north-west of Capo San Vito, Sicily, Italy in position 38º22'N, 12º20'E.
19 Nov 41 Torpedoed and damaged the Italian destroyer Aviere (1645 tons) in Navarino harbour.
12 Feb 42 sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel Giuseppina (392 GRT) with gunfire about 30 nm south of Sfax, Tunisia
in position 34º15'N, 10º55'E.
On 17 Apr 43, while in the port of Malta, she was heavily damaged by a German air raid and was forced to return to the shipyard
in Blyth, to receive repairs.
12 Sep 43 sank the Italian customs vessel AS71/Meattini (36 GRT) through ramming off Brindisi, Italy.
7 Oct 43, at 0710, torpedoed and sank the Italian passenger vessel (in German service) Eridania (7095 GRT) off
Cape Promontore (today Cape Kamenjak in Croatia).
11 Nov 43 sank the Greek sailing vessel Argentina (64 GRT) with gunfire off Amorgos, Greece.
18 Nov 43 sank a sailing vessel with gunfire off Santorini island, Greece.
19 Nov 43 sank two sailing vessels and the German auxiliary submarine chaser Mowe (60 GRT) with gunfire north of Crete.
12 Dec 43 sank four Greek sailing vessels with gunfire off Lemnos Island, Greece.
16 Dec 43 sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire east of Mudros, Lemnos Island, Greece.
17 Dec 43 at around 0700, torpedoed and damaged the Bulgarian troop transport Balkan (3838 GRT) near Mudros, Lemnos Island, Greece.
The Balkan finally was sunk on 23 December by HMS Sportsman.
12 Jan 44 sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire about 15 nm south-east of Cape Stili, Milos Island, Greece in position 36º30'N, 24º44'E.
In March of 1944 both Sokol and Dzik (the Terrible Twins) left Malta for the UK where they were attached to the
Dundee-based 9th submarine flotilla. After an additional four patrols off the coast of Norway, in the spring of 1945 she
was designated as a training ship and was used by the Royal Air Force for training naval bomber pilots. All of the commanding officers of the
boat, (Lt.Cmdr. Borys Karnicki, Lt.Cmdr. Jerzy Koziołkowski and Cpt. Tadeusz Bernas) were awarded the Virtuti Militari.
She was returned to the
Royal Navy on the 27 July 1945, where she served for a further four years, renamed
P97, before being scrapped in 1949.
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Urge | U1 | 17N | 33 | 12
Dec 40 |
Vickers Armstrong Barrow | 06-May-42 | War Loss |
Lt Cdr E.P. Tomkinson, DSO and Bar. 10th Flotilla, Malta.
18 Apr 41, torpedoed and sank the Italian tanker Franco Martelli (10535 GRT) in the Bay of Biscay in position 46º31'N, 08º46'W.
20 May 41, attacked, but missed, the Italian merchant Capo Orso (3149 GRT) and the Italian tanker Superga (6154 GRT) off
the east coast of Tunisia in position 35º44'N, 11º59'E.
21 May 41, attacked but missed the Italian destroyer Alpino off the east coast of Tunisia in position 35º42'N, 12º24'E.
9 Jun 41, attacked, but missed, the German merchant Ingo north-west of Lampedusa.
29 Jun 41, attacked, but missed, the Italian heavy cruiser Bolzano with four torpedoes east of Sicily in position
37º55'N, 15º35'E.
26 Aug 41, attacked, but missed, the Italian tanker Pozarica (7751 GRT) with torpedoes off Marettimo Island, Italy.
27 Aug 41, torpedoed and damaged the Italian passenger ship Aquitania (4971 GRT) 7 nm north of Punta Mignone.
29 Aug 41, attacked, but missed, the Italian troop transport Victoria (13098 GRT) off Capri Island, Italy.
22 Oct 41, torpedoed and damaged the Italian merchant Marigola (5996 GRT) off Kuriat, Tunisia in position 35º50'N, 11º06'E.
The Marigolda was already grounded after being torpedoed by aircraft on 24 September 1941.
14 Dec 41, torpedoed and damaged the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto about 10 nm WSW of Capo dell'Armi in position 37º53N, 15º29'E.
1 Apr 42, torpedoed and sank the Italian light cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere (5200 tons) 11 nm SE of Stromboli, Italy.
Sailed from Malta 27 Apr 42, on passage to Alexandria at the time of the withdrawal of the 10th
Submarine Flotilla, but failed to arrive as expected on 6 May. On 29 April
she had attacked the Italian sailing vessel San Giusto off Ras Hilal: in the immediate area
was a small convoy of three German MFPs, escorted by an Italian Cr.42 biplane.
As the submarine was engaged in the attack against the sailing ship, she was dive-bombed and
sunk by the plane. For some time, the theory was that she had been sunk by the Torpedo Boat Pegaso.
But that Urge was sunk by the escorting biplane has been confirmed by witnesses on board the MFPs. Lost with all hands.
Among
those lost was Bernard Gray, a reporter for the UK newspaper, the Sunday Pictorial. It appears
that he managed to secure passage from Malta to Egypt on Urge due to his friendship with the
then Governor of Malta, Lord Gort.
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