HMS Unbroken
Service
- as HMS Unbroken29 January 1942 — 26 June 1944880 days of the war
- as V-2 (В-2)26 June 1944 — 1949433 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Unbroken
- Pennant / hull number
- P42
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
- Laid down
- 30 December 1940
- Launched
- 4 November 1941
- Commissioned
- 29 January 1942
- Fate
- Returned to Royal Navy in 1949 (1949)
- Status
- Unknown
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 Unbroken was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P42. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness on 30 December 1940. She entered service on 29 January 1942, having been launched on 4 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 served with the Royal Navy as HMS Unbroken until 26 June 1944. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as V-2 (В-2) from 26 June 1944. She was in commission for 1,313 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred in 1949.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
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
- French submarine Curie (P67)
- HMS P32 (1940)
- HMS P33 (1941)
- HMS P36 (1941)
- HMS P38 (1941)
- HMS P39
- HMS P47
- HMS P48 (1942)
- HMS Ultimatum
- HMS Ultor
- HMS Umbra
- HMS Umpire (N82)
- HMS Una
- HMS Unbeaten
- HMS Unbending
- HMS Undaunted (N55)
- HMS Undine (N48)
- HMS Union (N56)
- HMS Unique (N95)
- HMS Unison
- HMS United
- HMS Unity (N66)
- HMS Universal
- HMS Unrivalled
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Unbroken on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Pelman, L (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 18912 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons