HMS Unique (N95)

HMS Unique
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Unique
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	30 October 1939
Launched	6 June 1940
Commissioned	27 September 1940
Fate	Sunk around 10 October 1942
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General characteristics
Class and type	U-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons
Length	58.22 m (191 ft 0 in)
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 (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) max surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) max submerged
Complement	27–31
Armament	4 bow internal 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 external 10 torpedoes 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) gun

HMS Unique was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 October 1939 and was commissioned on 27 September 1940.