HNoMS Uredd (P41)

History
United Kingdom
NameP41
Ordered11 March 1940
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down15 October 1940
Launched24 August 1941
FateTransferred to Royal Norwegian Navy
Norway
NameUredd
Commissioned12 December 1941
FateSunk, 10 February 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeU-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced:
  • 540 long tons (549 t) standard
  • 630 long tons (640 t) full load
  • Submerged:
  • 730 long tons (742 t)
Length58.22 m (191 ft 0 in)
Beam4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric:
  • 2 × Paxman-Ricardo diesel engines, 615 hp (460 kW)
  • Electric motors, 825 hp (615 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 11.25 knots (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Complement27-31
Armament

HMS P41 was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong. She was transferred to the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy before completion and renamed HNoMS Uredd. She and one of the B-class in 1940 have so far been the only Norwegian submarines to have been sunk.