HMS Upshot (P82)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Upshot
Ordered	21 May 1942
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	30 May 1943
Launched	24 March 1944
Commissioned	15 May 1944
Decommissioned	2 November 1949
Identification	Pennant number P82
Fate	Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward's shipbreakers, Preston
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General characteristics
Class and type	V-class submarine
Displacement	545 tons standard/658 tons full load surfaced 740 tons submerged
Length	204 ft 6 in (62.33 m)
Beam	16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Draught	15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric, 2 Paxman diesel generators + electric motors, 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW)
Speed	11.25 knots (21 km/h) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h) submerged
Complement	33 officers and men
Armament	4 × forward 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8 torpedoes 1 × QF 3 in (76 mm) gun

HMS Upshot was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-class submarines ordered on 21 May 1942.

She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness), being laid down on 3 May 1943, launched on 24 March 1944, and finally commissioned on 15 May 1944.