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HMS Unruffled
HMS Unruffled was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, and operated from April 1942 until being scrapped in January 1946. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Unruffled.
During the Second World War Unruffled served in the Battle of the Mediterranean from August 1942 to October 1943, operating primarily against Axis shipping; in all, she sank or severely damaged roughly 40,000 tons of shipping. She also severely damaged the Italian cruiser Attilio Regolo, and contributed to the Allied invasion of Sicily.
After departing the Mediterranean, Unruffled spent the rest of the war being refitted and undergoing exercises. Following the close of hostilities, she was scrapped in January 1946.
Unruffled was ordered on 23 August 1940, as part of a batch of twelve U-class submarines for construction by Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness. The funds for her construction had been raised through the War Savings Campaign by the town of Colchester – a total of £435,233 being raised, against a target of £250,000. The town also provided the boat's Paxman engines, while locals sent the crew clothes and letters.
The keel was laid down on 25 February 1941, and the submarine was launched on 19 December 1941.
Initially the submarine was known as P46, as Royal Navy submarines at the time did not have names; however, Winston Churchill changed this policy in late 1942 for reasons of morale, and the submarine was given the name HMS Unruffled.
P46 slipped her moorings for the first time on 8 April 1942, under the command of Lieutenant John Samuel Stevens, and transferred to Holy Loch for sea trials.
P46 departed Holy Loch on 13 May 1942, transferring to Lerwick where she began her first wartime patrol on 16 May, operating off of the North Sea coast of Norway. During this time, Royal Navy submarines were prohibited from surfacing to take navigational fixes during daylight hours; as a result, P46 strayed 90 miles (140 km) off station and encountered fellow U-class submarine HNoMS Uredd (formerly P41). The patrol proved otherwise uneventful, and P46 returned to Lerwick on 1 June having encountered no hostile ships.
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HMS Unruffled
HMS Unruffled was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, and operated from April 1942 until being scrapped in January 1946. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Unruffled.
During the Second World War Unruffled served in the Battle of the Mediterranean from August 1942 to October 1943, operating primarily against Axis shipping; in all, she sank or severely damaged roughly 40,000 tons of shipping. She also severely damaged the Italian cruiser Attilio Regolo, and contributed to the Allied invasion of Sicily.
After departing the Mediterranean, Unruffled spent the rest of the war being refitted and undergoing exercises. Following the close of hostilities, she was scrapped in January 1946.
Unruffled was ordered on 23 August 1940, as part of a batch of twelve U-class submarines for construction by Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness. The funds for her construction had been raised through the War Savings Campaign by the town of Colchester – a total of £435,233 being raised, against a target of £250,000. The town also provided the boat's Paxman engines, while locals sent the crew clothes and letters.
The keel was laid down on 25 February 1941, and the submarine was launched on 19 December 1941.
Initially the submarine was known as P46, as Royal Navy submarines at the time did not have names; however, Winston Churchill changed this policy in late 1942 for reasons of morale, and the submarine was given the name HMS Unruffled.
P46 slipped her moorings for the first time on 8 April 1942, under the command of Lieutenant John Samuel Stevens, and transferred to Holy Loch for sea trials.
P46 departed Holy Loch on 13 May 1942, transferring to Lerwick where she began her first wartime patrol on 16 May, operating off of the North Sea coast of Norway. During this time, Royal Navy submarines were prohibited from surfacing to take navigational fixes during daylight hours; as a result, P46 strayed 90 miles (140 km) off station and encountered fellow U-class submarine HNoMS Uredd (formerly P41). The patrol proved otherwise uneventful, and P46 returned to Lerwick on 1 June having encountered no hostile ships.
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