HMS Uther

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
History
United Kingdom
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 & type	U-class submarine
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 615 / 825 hp
Speed	11.25 knots max surfaced 10 knots max submerged
Complement	27–31
Armament	4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes – 8 – 10 torpedoes 1 – 3-inch (76 mm) gun

Career

Uther 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

• "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.