HMS Vampire (P72)

HMS Vampire
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vampire
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	9 November 1942
Launched	20 July 1943
Commissioned	13 November 1943
Identification	Pennant number P72
Motto	Invisa et Inopinata Latin: "Unseen and Unexpected"[1]
Honours and awards	Aegean 1944
Fate	Scrapped at Gateshead, March 1950
General characteristics
Class and type	V-class submarine
Displacement	545 tons (standard - surfaced) 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 Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW)
Speed	11.25 knots (20.84 km/h) surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h) submerged
Complement	33
Armament	4 × bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 8-10 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun

HMS Vampire was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy (RN).^[2]

The boat was laid down by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness on 9 November 1942. She was launched on 20 July 1943,^[2] and commissioned into the RN on 13 November 1943.

The submarine operated during the late stages of World War II, and earned the battle honour "Aegean 1944".^[2] The submarine was decommissioned after the war in September 1945 and was broken up for scrap at Gateshead in March 1950