HMS Venturer (P68)

HMS Venturer (P68)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Venturer
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down25 August 1942
Launched4 May 1943
Commissioned19 August 1943
Decommissioned1946
IdentificationPennant number P68
FateSold to Norway, 1946
Norway
NameHNoMS Utstein
Acquired1946
StrickenJanuary 1964
FateBroken up
General characteristics
Class and typeV-class submarine
Displacement
  • 545 tons surfaced
  • 740 tons submerged
Length206 ft (63 m)
Speed
  • 11.25 knots (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth300 ft (91 m)
Complement37
Armament
  • 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes and 8 torpedoes
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) deck gun
  • 3 × .303 calibre machine guns for anti-aircraft defence

HMS Venturer was a Second World War British submarine of the V class that sank two German U-boats and five merchant ships during the war. Following the war, the boat was sold to Norway and was renamed HNoMS Utstein. She was discarded in 1964.

She is the only submarine in history to have sunk another while both were submerged.