HMS Varangian
 HMS Varangian
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Varangian |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker |
| Laid down | 23 December 1941 |
| Launched | 4 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1943 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1 June 1949, Gateshead |
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| General characteristics | |
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| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
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| Complement | 33 |
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HMS Varangian was a British built U class submarine, a member of the third group of that class to be built. The submarine carried out patrols in the Norwegian Sea and was also used in a training role.[1] She was broken up at Gateshead in 1949. Her ship's bell (inscribed "HMS Varangian 1943") is in the possession of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, United Kingdom.[2]
Citations[edit]
- ^ "HMS Varangian". uboat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Royal Navy Submarine Museum list of artifacts Archived 8 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
References[edit]
- 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.
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