HMS Vox (P73)

History
United Kingdom
NameVox
NamesakeLatin for "Voice"
BuilderVickers (Barrow)
Yard numberV2
Laid down19 December 1942
Launched28 September 1943
Commissioned20 December 1943
IdentificationP 73
Honors and
awards
Aegean 1944[1]
FateScrapped at Cochin in 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeV-class submarine
Length195 ft (59 m)
Beam16 ft (4.9 m)
Draft16 ft (4.9 m)
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) (surfaced)
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) (submerged)
Range4,050 mi (6,520 km) (surface); 170 mi (270 km) (submerged)
Crew33
Armament
  • 4 × 21-inch bow tubes (8 torpedoes carried)
  • 1 × 3-inch gun
  • 3 × 0.303-inch machine guns

HMS Vox (P73) was a Royal Navy V-class submarine that served in the latter part of World War II, from 1943 to 1946, before it was scrapped at Cochin. An earlier HMS Vox had been transferred to France as Curie.

  1. ^ "HMS VOX". www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-26.[permanent dead link]