Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine N65

HMS Usk (N65)

British 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

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Usk11 October 1940 — 29 April 1941199 days of the war
British U-class submarine Particulars
Name
HMS Usk
Pennant / hull number
N65
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down
6 November 1939
Launched
7 June 1940
Commissioned
11 October 1940
Fate
Sunk 29 April 1941 (1941)
Status
Wreck

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 Usk was a British U-class submarine built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N65. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness on 6 November 1939. Launched on 7 June 1940, she entered service on 11 October 1940.

53 ships of the class were built.

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 199 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 29 April 1941. The wreck survives.

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, 2 external
  • 10 torpedoes
  • 1 - 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Usk (N65) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.