HMS Vandal (P64)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 15 July 1941 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 17 March 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 November 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 20 February 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk 24 February 1943 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons |
| Length: | 58.22 m (191 feet) |
| Beam: | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors |
| Speed: | 11.25 knots max surfaced 10 knots max submerged |
| Complement: | 27-31 |
| Armament: | 4 bow internal 21 inch torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 - 3 inch gun |
HMS Vandal (P64) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. The submarine probably had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 onboard just four days after commissioning.
The submarine, under the command of Lieutenant James S. Bridger, was lost whilst carrying out a three-day long working up exercise following commisioning. The submarine was last seen leaving her anchorage on 24 February at Lochranza, in the North of the Isle of Arran before her rediscovery in December 1994.[1] An inquiry at the time of her loss concluded that the submarine had sunk during the deep dive she was scheduled to perform on that day, somewhere north of Inchmarnock.
A Royal Navy expedition aboard HMS Hurworth located the wreck in June 1994,[2] 300 feet below the surface 1.5 miles northwest of Loch Ranza.[3] A diving expedition on the wreck in 2003 concluded that the submarine had been lost as a result of accidental flooding on the surface.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Vandal (P64). Uboat.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Protected wrecks in the UK. UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- ^ HMS/M Vandal. Submarine Heritiage Centre. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ The Vandal & The Jury. Divernet (December 2003). Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
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