HMS Vampire (P72)

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

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

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"
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, 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". The submarine was decommissioned after the war in September 1945 and was broken up for scrap at Gateshead in March 1950

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.