HMS Varangian

HMS Varangian
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Varangian
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Tyne
Laid down	23 December 1941
Launched	4 April 1943
Commissioned	10 July 1943
Out of service	A
Fate	Scrapped, 1 June 1949, Gateshead
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General characteristics
Displacement	Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 740 tons
Length	60 m (196 ft 10 in)
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 (21 km/h) max surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) max submerged
Complement	33
Armament	4 bow internal, 2 bow external 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes: 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) gun 3 × AA machine guns

HMS Varangian was a British built U class submarine, a member of the third group of that class to be built. Her commander was Lt. RAN. The submarine carried out patrols in the Norwegian Sea, covering Arctic Convoys ^[1] and seems also to have been used in a training role.^[2] 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, UK.^[3]

References[]

• 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.

External links[]

• Submariners Association - U and V class submarines