Name: | UNTIRING launched as P 59 |
Type: | Submarine |
Keel: | 23/12/1941 |
Launched: | 20/01/1943 |
Completed: | 09/06/1943 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 48 |
Dimensions: | 545disp surf, 740disp subm, 197.0ft x 16.0 x 12.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, RXS type, 6cyl (9.5 x 12ins), 400bhp; 2 x Electric motors, 275Kw |
Engines by: | Davey, Paxman & Co Ltd, Colchester |
Paxman Ricardo diesel generators | |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 11.5knots surf, 9.0knots subm |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 3.0ins gun, 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
09/06/1943 | British Royal Navy |
07/1945 | Government of Greece; renamed XIFIAS or ZIFIAS |
1952 | British Royal Navy; renamed UNTIRING |
25/07/1957 | Sank |
Comments: | Member of the U Class (Group 2) of submarines |
20/01/1943: Launched as P 59 | |
07/1945: Transferred on loan to the Greek Navy | |
25/07/1957: Expended as an Asdic target off Start Point |
Above photo as UNTIRING is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Profile & Decks plan of a typical U/V Class (Group 2) courtesy of MP Cocker. Click HERE to enlarge