HMS Uther (P62) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Uther after the father of King Arthur, Uther Pendragon.
 HM Submarines Uther and Unbroken coming alongside their depot ship at Scapa Flow after a successful patrol
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Uther |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down | 31 January 1942 |
| Launched | 6 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 August 1943 |
| Fate | Scrapped April 1950 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | U-class submarine |
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| Length | 58.22 m (191 feet) |
| Beam | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
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| Complement | 27-31 |
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Career
editUther had a relatively quiet wartime career, serving on a number of uneventful patrols. She continued in service for another five years and was eventually sold for scrapping in February 1950, and broken up at Hayle in April 1950.
References
edit- "HMS Uther (P 62)". uboat.net.
- "Ursula to Utmost". British submarines of World War II. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Hutchinson, Robert (2001). Jane's Submarines: War Beneath the Waves from 1776 to the Present Day. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710558-8. OCLC 53783010.