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HMS Upholder (P37) was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy.
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The first submarine VC of the war was awarded to Lt Cdr Malcolm Wanklyn, DSO, "for valour and resolution in command of H.M. Submarine Upholder" for this attack.
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During her 16 months' service with the 10th Submarine Flotilla, HMS Upholder completed 24 patrols, sank or damaged 22 enemy ships including three U-boats (sunk), two destroyers (one sunk one damaged) and one cruiser (damaged).
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Six x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes at bow for 18 torpedoes } The second '''HMS ''Upholder''''', pennant S-40, was the lead ship of the Upholder class submarine Upholder (2400) class of submarines, named after the original ''Upholder''.
She was sold in 1998 to the Canadian Navy and she was recommissioned as {{warshipHMCSChicoutimiSSK 879}} on 2 October 2004.
There you will find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article HMS Upholder (S40).
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HMS Upholder, in Royal Navy service during the early 1990s.
She was built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL), launched on December 2 1986 and commissioned on June 2, 1990.
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 Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royal Navy had planned to order 12 such boats; but this scheme was trimmed first to 10 and then to nine before being curtailed at just four as part of the "peace dividend" at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s.
When operating on battery power, Upholders were almost undetectable on passive sonar, and when snorkling, their acoustic signature was comparable to their SSN contemporaries in normal operation.
A local area network was built into the Upholders, supporting most of the sensors and fire-control systems, including remote viewing through the periscopes using both low-light television and infrared, an unmanned helm, and direct control of the main motor from the conn.
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 HMS Upholder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two Royal Navy submarines have been named HMS Upholder.
The first Upholder (P37), launched in 1940, was a U-class submarine.
The second Upholder (S40), launched in 1986, was the lead ship of her class of submarines.
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