HMS Upshot
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
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HMS Upshot was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-class submarines ordered on 21 May 1942.
She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness), being laid down on 3 May 1943, launched on 24 March 1944, and finally commissioned on 15 May 1944.
Fate
The submarine was decommissioned on 2 November 1949 and broken up for scrap in Preston.
References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3575.html HMS Upshot at Uboat.net]
External links
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpsmithbarney/4519785820/ Upshot being broken up in 1949.]
{{British V class submarine}}
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Category:British V-class submarines