HMS Uther

HM Submarines Uther and Unbroken coming alongside their depot ship at Scapa Flow after a successful patrol
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Uther
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down	31 January 1942
Launched	6 April 1943
Commissioned	15 August 1943
Fate	Scrapped April 1950
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General characteristics
Class & type	U-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced – 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged – 730 tons
Length	58.22 m (191 feet)
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors 615 / 825 hp
Speed	11.25 knots max surfaced 10 knots max submerged
Complement	27–31
Armament	4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes – 8 – 10 torpedoes 1 – 3-inch (76 mm) gun

HMS Uther (P62) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Uther after the father of King Arthur, Uther Pendragon.

Career

Uther had a relatively quiet wartime career, serving on a number of uneventful patrols. She continued in service for another five years and was eventually sold for scrapping in February 1950, and broken up at Hayle in April 1950.

References

• "HMS Uther (P 62)". uboat.net.
• "Ursula to Utmost". British submarines of World War II. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007.
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day . London: HarperCollins. ISBN   978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC   53783010.