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HMS Vampire (P72)

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Name
  
HMS Vampire

Commissioned
  
13 November 1943

Honours and awards
  
Aegean 1944

Launched
  
20 July 1943

Draft
  
4.65 m

Laid down
  
9 November 1942

Identification
  
pennant number P72

Construction started
  
9 November 1942

Length
  
62 m

Builder
  
Vickers-Armstrongs

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Motto
  
Invisa et Inopinata Latin "Unseen and Unexpected"

HMS Vampire was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy (RN).

The boat was laid down by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness on 9 November 1942. She was launched on 20 July 1943, and commissioned into the RN on 13 November 1943.

The submarine operated during the late stages of World War II, and earned the battle honour "Aegean 1944". The submarine was decommissioned after the war and was broken up for scrap at Gateshead in March 1950

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