HMS Upholder
by Ray Agius
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24.000 x 18.000 inches
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Title
HMS Upholder
Artist
Ray Agius
Medium
Painting - Watercolour On Cold-pressed 300 Gsm Watercolour Paper
Description
HMS Upholder (N99)
U-Class Submarine
Watercolour
24" X 18"
Built 1940
Builder Vickers Armstrong
Gross 540 Tons
Length 191 feet (58 m)
Beam 16 feet, 1 inch (4.9 m)
Draught 15 feet 2 inches (4.62 m)
Propulsion 2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators
+ electric motors 2 propellers
Lost 14th April 1942
Under the command of Lt.Cdr. Malcolm David Wanklyn, RN (VC, DSO) HMS Upholder was the most successful of all British submarines.
She made 25 war patrols while based with the 10th Submarine Flotilla at Malta. In all HMS Upholder is reported to have sunk 2 destroyers, 3 submarines, 3 transports, 10 supply ships, 2 tankers and 1 trawler, totalling 128353 GRT.
On 12 April 1942 HMS Upholder was ordered to form a patrol line with HMS Urge and HMS Thrasher to intercept a convoy. It is not known if this signal was received and the submarine failed to return to harbour on her due date. The cause of loss is unknown to this date.
Theories about her loss
Italian torpedo boat Pegaso, which may have sunk HMS Upholder off Tripoli
The most likely explanation for her loss is that after being spotted by a reconnaissance seaplane, she fell victim to depth charges dropped by the Italian Orsa-class torpedo boat Pegaso northeast of Tripoli on 14 April 1942 in the position 34�47′N 15�55′E, although no debris was seen on the surface. The attack was 100 miles northeast from Wanklyn's patrol area and he may have changed position to find more targets.
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