HMS Vandal

HMS Vandal
History
United Kingdom
Ordered	15 July 1941
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	17 March 1942
Launched	23 November 1942
Commissioned	20 February 1943
Fate	Sunk in an accident on 24 February 1943, Firth of Clyde
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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 kn (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) max surfaced 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) max submerged
Complement	27-31
Armament	4 x bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 x 3-inch (76 mm) gun

HMS Vandal (P64) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, yard number 838. The submarine had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 onboard just four days after commissioning.^[1]