HMS Unbending

U-class submarine

Displacement: 540 long tons (549 t)
Length: 58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam: 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Speed: 11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement: 27
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Unbending5 November 1941 — May 19501,397 days of the war

U-class submarine Particulars

Name: HMS Unbending
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down: 30 August 1940
Launched: 12 May 1941
Commissioned: 5 November 1941
Fate: Scrapped May 1950 (1950)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 540 long tons (549 t)
Displacement, submerged: 730 long tons (742 t)
Length: 58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam: 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Draught: 4.62 m (15.2 ft)
Speed: 11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Complement: 27
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

HMS Unbending was a U-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 30 August 1940. Launched on 12 May 1941, she entered service on 5 November 1941.

She was one of 53 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 540 long tons surfaced and 730 long tons submerged. She measured 58.2 m (191 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 11.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 27. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 1,397 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in May 1950.

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Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shaft diesel-electric
2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
615 / 825 hp
Armament: 4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes
1 - 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Unbending on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.