HMS Upholder (P37)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Upholder_%28P37%29
GPTKB entity
Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
deck gun
gptkbp:awards Mentioned in Despatches
gptkbp:beam 6.9 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class U-class submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-01-01
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1942
depth charges
gptkbp:displacement 740 tons
gptkbp:draft 4.1 meters
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1941
1942
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first British submarine to sink an enemy warship in WWII
gptkbp:homePort Gibraltar
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Upholder (P37)
gptkbp:launchDate 1940
gptkbp:length 66.8 meters
gptkbp:nickname Upholder class
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Lt._Cmdr._Malcolm_David_Wanklyn
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 11
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole attack submarine
gptkbp:productionYears 1941-1942
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Tactician
gptkbp:secondaryMission sank_by_Italian_warship
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Ultor
gptkb:HMS_Ulysses
HMS Unseen
HMS Upholder II
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:succeededBy sank 14 enemy ships
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 6