Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P41

HNoMS Uredd (P41)

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 P412,193 days of the war
  2. Royal Norwegian Navy as Uredd12 December 1941 — 10 February 1943425 days of the war
U-class submarine Particulars
Name
HNoMS Uredd
Pennant / hull number
P41
Builder
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Ordered
11 March 1940
Laid down
15 October 1940
Launched
24 August 1941
Commissioned
12 December 1941
Fate
Sunk, 10 February 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
540 long tons (549 t)
Displacement, full load
630 long tons (640 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)

HNoMS Uredd was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P41. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness on 15 October 1940. Launched on 24 August 1941, she entered service on 12 December 1941.

53 ships of the class were built.

She displaced 540 long tons standard and 630 long tons at full load. 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 one 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She served with the Royal Navy as P41. She then passed to the Royal Norwegian Navy, serving as Uredd from 12 December 1941. She was in commission for 2,618 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 10 February 1943, at 67°05′N 13°31′E. 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
  • Diesel-electric:
  • 2 × Paxman-Ricardo diesel engines, 615 hp (460 kW)
  • Electric motors, 825 hp (615 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (bows)
  • 8-10 torpedoes
  • 1 × 3 in deck gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HNoMS Uredd (P41) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.