Losses

A1
Struck on the starboard side, near the conning tower by the steam ship Berwick Castle.

A2
Foundered in Bomb Ketch Lake Portsmouth in January 1920. Sold 22.10.1925 to H. J.Pounds of Portsmouth

A3
Rammed and sunk by the HMS Hazard on 2nd February 1912. Used as a target and sunk on 17th May 1912.

A4
16/10/1905 - Sunk in a collision in Devenport harbour and was raised again before being sold for breaking on 16th January 1920 to J.H. Lee of Bembridge IOW.

A7
16/1/1914 - Sank in Whitsand Bay near Plymouth. Remains 135 feet down as a maritime grave

A8
8 May 1905 - Sank in Plymouth Sound after internal explosion but was raised and repaired. Eventually stricken in July 1916 and sold for breaking on 18th October 1920 to Phillips of Dartmouth.

B2 (I-22)
Sunk on 4th October 1912 in the Straits of Dover after colliding with SS Amerika. The only survivor was the boat's CO Lt. Pulleyne
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B10
Sunk on 9th August 1916 whilst under repair in Venice harbour. Fire started, then dock was flooded and destruction was complete.

C11
Sunk on 14/7/1909 after collision with SS Eddystone of off Cromer. All but 3 crew perished.
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C12
October 1918 - Sank off Immingham after collision with HM destroyer

C14
10 December 1913 - Sank off Plymouth Sound after collision with Hopper, salvaged and returned to active service. Scrapped December 1921.

C16
16 April 1917 - Sank off Harwich after collision with HMS Melampus.
Scrapped in August 1922.

C17
Sunk in collision with HMS Lurcher in May 1917. Repaired but scrapped in November 1919.

C26
Scuttled as part of the Baltic Flotilla in Helsingfors Bay on 4th April 1918.

C27
Scuttled in the Baltic (Helsingfors Bay) to avoid capture on 5 April 1918.

C29
Involved in trawler/submarine operations. She was lost when her towing trawler Ariadne strayed into a minefield.
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C31
Grounded and destroyed by land batteries off Zeebrugge on 4 January 1915.
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C32
Stranded 24th October 1917 in Gulf of Riga and destroyed by own forces.

C33
Probably mined in the North Sea on 4th August 1915.
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C34
Torpedoed on 21st July 1917 by U52 off the Shetlands.

C35
Scuttled as part of the Baltic Flotilla in Helsingfors Bay on 4th April 1918.

D2
Sunk on 25th November 1914 by a German patrol boat off Borkum Island.
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D3
Erroneously sunk when mistaken for a U-boat on the 12th March 1918 by a French airship while in the Channel.

D5
Sunk by a mine thrown out of a German warship off Great Yarmouth on 3rd November 1914.
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D6
Torpedoed on 28th June 1918 by U73 near Northern Ireland.

E1
Scuttled in Hesingfors Bay on 8th April 1918.

E3
18/10/1914 - Sunk off Borkum Island by U27
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E5
07-03-1916 - HMS E5 was sunk by the German Cruiser Strassburg in the North Sea.
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E6
Mined off Harwich on 26th December 1915.

E7
4 September 1915 - Scuttled at A/S Nets in Dardanelles
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E8
Sent to the Baltic. Scuttled in Hesingfors Bay on 8th April 1918.

E9
Scuttled in Hesingfors Bay on 3 April, 1918 to avoid her falling into German hands.

E10
Lost on 18th January 1915. Possibly mined off Heligoland Bight
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E13
Ran aground in Baltic and disabled by German shellfire. Interned by Danish authorities in August 1915 and returned November 1918. Sold for scrap in December 1921.
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E14
28 January 1918 - Sunk by shore based guns in Dardanelles

E15
17 April 1915 - Ran aground at Kephez Point in the Dardanelles and subsequently torpedoed by HMS Majestic & Triumph to avoid capture by the Turks.
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E16
Probably mined off Heligoland Bight on 22nd August 1916.
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E17
Struck an uncharted sandbank north of Texel. Crew rescused by the Dutch Cruiser Noord Brabant on 6th January 1916.

E18
Pressumed to have hit a mine returning from patrol of Memel either 01-06-1916 or 02-06-1916, due back in Reval 2-6-1916.
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E19
Scuttled in Hesingfors Bay on 8th April 1918. to avoid her falling into German hands.

E20
Torpedoed and sunk on 5th November 1916 by German U-boat U14 in the Sea of Marmara
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E22
Torpedoed and sunk by U18 in the North Sea on 25th April 1916. Two members of the crew picked up and landed at Zeebrugge.

E24
She was mined on 24th March 1916 in the North sea.
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E26
Possibly sunk in Eastern Ems on 3rd July 1916
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E30
Lost on 22nd November 1916 in the North sea. Possibly mined off Orford Ness
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E34
Mined on 20th July 1918.

E36
Lost on 19th January 1917 in North Sea possibly after collision with HMS E43

E37
E 37 was lost in the North Sea off Harwich, probably mined, on the 1 Dec 1916.
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E41
15/8/1916 - Sank off Harwich after collision with HMS E4
Scrapped in September 1922.
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E47
Lost on 20th August 1917 for reasons unknown.

E49
Mined and sunk off the Shetlands on 12th March 1917.

E50
Mined and sunk in the North sea on 1st February 1918.

G7
Sunk by enemy action in North seaon 1st November 1918.

G8
Sunk on in North sea 14th January 1918 for reasons unknown.

G9
Rammed and sunk by HMS Pasley in error off the Norwegian coast on 16th September 1917. One survivor, stoker William Alfred Drake.

G11
Ran aground and was wrecked off Howick, Northumberland, returning from Dogger Bank patrol in thick fog on 22nd November 1918. Two crew members lost.

H3
Mined attempting to penetrate the Austrian anchorage at Cattaro in the Adriatic sea on 15th July 1916. Lost with all hands.
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H4
Foundered in the English channel Sept 3 1918 while under tow to be scrapped. She was salvaged and used as a target the following year.

H5
2 March 1918 - Rammed in error in Irish Sea by SS Rutherglen

H6
In 1940 she was scuttled at Dan Helder, salvaged by the Germans and served as UD1 until March 1943.

H10
Lost on 19th January 1918 for reasons unknown.

H29
Sank in Devonport Dockyard in August 1926. After being raised was scrapped in 1927

H31
Sunk by German patrol vessels off the Dutch Coast or mined in Bay Biscay 24 Dec 1941
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H41
Sunk alongside at Blyth on 18th October 1919 after being holed in a collision, by the propeller of HMS Vulcan.

H42
Sunk in Collision with HMS Versatile off Gibraltar 23rd March 1922

H47
9 July 1929 - Sank off Pembrokeshire Coast following collision with HMS L12

H49
17 October 1940 - Depth charged west of Texel Island. One survivor, George Oliver.
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J6
15 October 1918 - Sunk in error off Blyth by Q Ship HMS Cymric

K1
18 November 1917 - Damaged off Danish Coast after collision with HMS K4. Sunk to avoid capture

K4
Sunk after colliding with HMS Inflexible during a night exercise off May Island on 31st January 1918. The same day as her sister K17.

K5
Foundered and sunk in the Bay of Biscay on 20th January 1921 for reasons unknown.

K13
Sank on trials in the Gareloch. K13 was raised on 15th March, refitted and returned to service as HMS K22.
Scrapped in December 1926.

K15
Sank in Portsmouth harbour 25 June 1921

K17
Sunk during the same night exercise as K4 was sank after colliding with another vessel HMS Fearless off May Island on 31st January 1918.

L5
Involved in a collision with a dredger in 1929. Scrapped

L10
Sunk north of Terschelling by German destroyer S33 off river Texel 30th October 1918

L24
Sunk in collision with HMS Resolution off Portland 10th January 1924

L55
Sunk 9th June 1919

M1
Rammed and was sunk on 12th November 1925 by SS Vidar off Start Point. Wreckage was not found until 1990 by Royal Navy and more recently by divers in 1999.

M2
Foundered due to a leak in the hangar door on 26th January 1932.

P32
18th August struck mine off Tripoli while manoeuvring to attack a convoy. Eight died in the fore ends immediately. Twenty four men survived the initial explosion but were unable to make successful DSEA escapes. Only Lt Abdy and CPO Kirk survived as POWs.
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P33
Believed to have been mined off Tripoli 18 Aug 1941
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P36
Bombed in Sliema creek Malta 1 Apr 1942. Salvaged and scrapped 22/8/58

P38
Depth charged by Italian TB Circe and Usodimare off Tunisian coast on 23 Feb 1942.
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P39
Bombed in Valleta harbour on 26 March 1942. Salvaged, Broken up in 1954.
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P48
Depth charged by Italian corvette Ardente in the Gulf of Tunis 25 Dec 1942
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P222
Sunk on 12th December 1942. Probably depth charged off Capri by Italian DE Fortunale.
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P311
Mined north of Corsica on or about 8 Jan 1943.
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P514
In an appalling case of mistaken identity, the boat was rammed and sunk by a Canadian convoy escort HMC MS Georgian off Newfoundland, 21st June 1942
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P615
Sunk by U123 on 18th April 1943 off Liberia.
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Affray (P421)
Lost on 16th April 1951 through flooding caused by fractured snorkel in Hurd Deep, off Alderney (click to read more)
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Artemis (P449)
Sold for scrap in 1972 after sinking alongside at Dolphin trot 1.

Cachalot (N83)
30 July 1941 - Scuttled off Benghazi to avoid capture

Grampus (N56)
Left Malta on the 10th and was sunk on 16 June 1940 off Syracuse, Italy by the Italian torpedo boats Circe, Clio and Polluce.
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Graph (P715)
Lost on 20 March 1944 when she ran aground on the west coast of the Island of Islay, Scotland

Narwhal (N45)
23 July 1940 - Bombed and sunk, probably as a result of German decoding of wireless transmissions.
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Odin (N84)
Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyer Strale & TB Baleno in the Gulf of Taranto on 14 June 1940
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Olympus (N35)
The boat was used for magic carpet trips to and from Malta. On 8th May she was detailed to evacuate survivors from the bombed submarines, P36, P39 and Pandora. Olympus was mined six miles from St Elmos Light. There were twelve survivors.
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Orpheus (N46)
Depth charged by Italian destroyer Turbine in the Eastern Mediterranean 27 June 1940
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Oswald (N58)
Rammed by Italian destroyer Vivldi south of Calabria on 1 Aug 1940.
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Otus (N92)
Scuttled in September 1946 off the coast of Durban.

Oxley (55P)
Lost after being torpedoed in error by HMS/M Triton thinking she was a U Boat off the coast Norway on the 10th September 1939. There were two survivors from the bridge including Lt Cdr Bowerman.
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Pandora (N42)
1st April 1942, a JU87 dropped a bomb directly down the conning tower hatch while the boat was moored at Hamilton Wharf, Malta. The casualties were all from duty watch. P36, moored at the Lazaretto, was sunk in the same attack.
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Parthian (N75)
Lost after striking a mine in southern Adriatic on 6th August 1943.
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Perseus (N36)
On 6th December the boat was mined off Cephallonia. The sole survivor was L/S John Capes whose extraordinary escape has become a legend within the Submarine Service.
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Phoenix (N96)
Lost after being depth charged by Italian TB Albatross on 16th July 1940.
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Porpoise (N14)
Bombed by Japanese aircraft in the Malacca Strait 19 Jan 1945.
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Poseidon (N99)
Lost after a collision with SS Yuta off Wei-Hai-Wei in the Gulf of Korea 9th June 1931.

Rainbow (N16)
4th October 940, while attacking a convoy Rainbow collided with the Italian M/V Antonietta Costa and was lost with all hands.
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Regent (N41)
Mined in the Strait of Taranto 18th April 1943.
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Regulus (N88)
Lost, possibly mined in the Guild of Taranto 26 November 1940.
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Safari (P211)
Lost on 1st August 1946 en route to shipbreakers

Sahib (P212)
Depth charged on 24 April 1943 off Sicily by Italian CVT Euterpe and scuttled.
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Salmon (N65)
Mined in Norwegian waters 9 July 1940
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Saracen (P247)
14 August 1943 - Depth charged off Corsica by Italian CVT Minerva
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Seahorse (S98)
Mined while moving between Zones E and B in the Heligoland Bight.
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Seal (37M)
5 May 1940 - Captured in Kattegat after striking a mine. Majority of crew taken POW.
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Shark (N54)
Scuttled off Stravanger to prevent capture following aircraft damage on 6 July 1940. Majority of crew taken POW.
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Sickle (P224)
16 June 1944 - Lost, cause unknown
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Sidon (P259)
Used as a target after an explosion on 16th June 1955 whilst alongside in Portland harbour.
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Simoom (P225)
Sunk on 19th November 1943 possibly by mines in the Dardanelles.
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Snapper (N39)
Lost in the Bay of Biscay cause unknown on 11th February 1941.
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Spearfish (N69)
Believed sunk by U34 off coast of Norway on 1st August 1940. Sole survivor AB William Pester later killed in an accident 01-07-1945.
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Splendid (P228)
Sunk on 21st April 1943 by a German destroyer Hermes off west coast of Corsica.
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Starfish (19S)
Depth charged and sunk by German minesweeper M7 in the Heligoland Bight on 9 Jan 1940
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Sterlet (N22)
Depth charged by German anti submarine trawlers UJ125, UJ126 and UJ127 in the Saggererak on 18 April 1940
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Stonehenge (P232)
Lost presumed sunk of the Nicobar Island on or about 20/3/44
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Stratagem (P234)
Sunk on 22nd November 1944 by a Japanese destroyer off Malacca.
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Sunfish (N81)
Lost on 27th July 1944.

Swordfish (N61)
7 November 1940 - Mined of St. Catherine’s Point Isle of Wight
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Syrtis (P241)
Sunk on 28th March 1944 possibly by mines off Bodio Norway.
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Talisman (N78)
The Italians claim to have sunk a submarine on the 17/9/1942 to the north west of Malta. this is believed to have been the Talisman
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Tarpon (N17)
10 April 1940 - Sunk in North Sea by German Q ship Schiff 40 in the Skagerrak following failed attack. Tarpon was probably the first British submarine to be lost to depth charges in WW2.
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Tempest (N86)
13th Feb, 1942 the boat was detected and depth charged by the Italian Circe in the Gulf of Taranto. Following an epic struggle the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas. The Italians botched the rescue and there were just twenty-four survivors.
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Tetrarch (N77)
Lost cause unknown in western Mediterraneanon or about 2 November 1941.
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Thames (N71)
Struck a mine and sank off Norway on 2nd August 1940.
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Thetis (11T)
1 June 1939 - Foundered whilst on trials in Liverpool bay.

Thistle (N24)
Torpedoed by U4 off Skudesneshavn Norway on 10 Apr 1940
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Thorn (N11)
Depth chargedby Italian TB Pegaso off Torbruk on 7 Aug 1942.
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Thunderbolt (N25)
Depth charged by by Italian MA/SB Cicogna north of Sicily 14 Mar 1943
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Tigris (N63)
27 February 1943 - Probably depth charged off Capri by German UJ2210
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Totem (P352)
Lost in January 1968.

Traveller (N48)
Lost cause unknown in the Gulf of Taranto on or around 4th December 1942.
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Triad (N53)
15 October 1940 - Sunk south west of Calabria by gunfire from Italian S/M Enrico Toti
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Triton (N15)
Sunk by Italian TB in Adriatic sea on 8 Dec 1940.
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Triumph (N18)
The boat was mined on or around 6th January 1942. She had earlier struck a mine in December 1940 but miraculously survived. There were no miracles the second time.
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Trooper (N91)
Lost possibly mined in the Aegean sea on or about 17th October 1943.
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Truant (N68)
Wrecked in December 1946 while en-route to the breakers.

Truculent (P315)
Sank after a collinsion with MV Divina in the Medway estuary 12th January 1950. Salvaged in March 1950. Scrapped in September 1950 at Grays.
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Turbulent (N98)
Presumed mined off Sardinia 14 March 1943
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Umpire (N82)
Mistaken for a U boat by anti submarine trawler Peter Hendriks off the Wash and rammed on 19 July 1941

Unbeaten (N93)
Mistaken for a U boat in the Bay of Biscay and bombed by the RAF on 11 Nov 1942
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Undaunted (N55)
Possibly sunk off Zuara, Libya by Italian TB Pegaso on 12th May 1941.
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Undine (P48)
Depth charged by German minesweepers M1201, M1204 and M1207 in Heligoland Bight and scuttled 7 Jan 1940

Union (N56)
Sunk by Italian patrol craft off Tunisian coast on 20 July 1941.
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Unique (N95)
Lost 24-10-1942 cause unknown to the west of Gibraltar
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Unity (N66)
Sank in surface collision with SS Atle Jarl off River Tyne 29 April 1940
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Untamed (P58)
Lost in an accident in the Clyde submarine exercise areas on 30/5/43. Salvaged renamed Vitality 1943. Sold on 13 February 1946 to be broken up for scrap at Troon.
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Upholder (N99)
Depth charged by Italian TB Pegaso off Tripoli on 14 April 1942
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Urge (N17)
It is possible that Urge struck a mine outside Malta or that she was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Pegaso in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Usk (N65)
Mined and sank off Cape Bon 3 May 1941.
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Usurper (P56)
Depth charged by German patrol boat UJ2208 in Gulf of Genoa 3rd October 1943
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Utmost (N19)
Depth charged by Italian TB Groppo off the west coast of Sicily on 24 November 1942.
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Vandal (P64)
Foundered in the Firth of Clyde on 24th February 1943.
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X3
4 November 1942 - Sank on exercise in Loch Striven

X5
Lost during an attack on on German Battleship Tirpitz in Altenfjord Norway on 22 Sept 1943
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X6
Lost during an attack on on German Battleship Tirpitz in Altenfjord Norway on 22 Sept 1943

X7
Lost during an attack on on German Battleship Tirpitz in Altenfjord Norway on 22 Sept 1943
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X8
Scuttled en-route to Norway to attack Lutzow on 17 Sept 1943

X9
16 September 1943 - Lost on passage to Norway to attack Scharnhorst
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X10
Scuttled in North Sea after failed attack on Scharnhorst on 3 Oct 1943

X22
7 February 1944 - Sunk in Pentland Firth following collision with HMS Syrtisnk, Lost with all hands.
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XE11
Was in collision with a boom defence vessel 6 Mar 1944
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XE22
In collinson with vessel (possible HMS/M Syrtis) Pentland Firth on 1 Feb 1944