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HMS Vandal
History
HMS VandalUnited Kingdom
Ordered15 July 1941
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down17 March 1942
Launched23 November 1942
Commissioned20 February 1943
FateSunk in an accident on 24 February 1943
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General characteristics
Class and typeU-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load
  • Submerged - 730 tons
Length58.22 m (191 ft 0 in)
Beam4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
  • 615 / 825 hp
Speed
  • 11.25 kn (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) max surfaced
  • 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) max submerged
Complement27-31
Armament
  • 4 x bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes
  • 1 x 3-inch (76 mm) gun

HMS Vandal (P64) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, yard number 838. The submarine had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 onboard just four days after commissioning.[1]

  1. ^ "HMS/M Vandal". Submarine Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2007.

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