HMS Venturer (P68)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Venturer.
HMS Venturer was a Second World War British submarine of the V class that sank two German U-boats and five merchant ships during the war. Following the war, the boat was sold to Norway and was renamed HNoMS Utstein. She was discarded in 1964.
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Name | HMS Venturer |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 25 August 1942 |
Launched | 4 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number P68 |
Fate | Sold to Norway, 1946 |
Norway | |
Name | HNoMS Utstein |
Acquired | 1946 |
Stricken | January 1964 |
Fate | Broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | V-class submarine |
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Length | 206 ft (63 m) |
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Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) |
Complement | 37 |
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She is the only submarine in history to have sunk another while both were submerged.