| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | U |
| Pennant | N 89 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 4 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 6 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 21 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 Sep 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 December 1945. Scrapped at Troon in March 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Upright (N 89)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| John Henry Eaden, RN | 6 Jan 1941 | |||
| 1 | Lt. Francis John Brooks, RN | 5 Jul 1940 | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, DSC, RN | 6 Jan 1941 | 24 Apr 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt. Russell Stanhope Brookes, DSC, RN | 24 Apr 1941 | 12 May 1941 | |
| 4 | Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, DSC, RN | 12 May 1941 | 13 Jun 1941 | |
| 5 | Lt. John Somerton Wraith, DSC, RN | 13 Jun 1941 | Jun 1942 | |
| 6 | Lt. David Swanston, DSC, RN | Jun 1942 | 1 Jul 1942 | |
| 7 | Lt.Cdr. Anthony Foster Collett, DSC, RN | 1 Jul 1942 | 11 Dec 1942 | |
| 8 | Lt. William Warner Dennis, RN | 11 Dec 1942 | 27 Jan 1943 | |
| 9 | Lt. Peter Robert Helfrich Harrison, DSO, DSC, RN | 27 Jan 1943 | 21 May 1944 | |
| 10 | Lt. James Anthony Lawrence Wilkinson, RN | 21 May 1944 | Oct 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Upright include:
5 Feb 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. E.D. Norman, DSC, RN) makes a torpedo attack on an Italian convoy off Kerkennah, Tunisia. The Italian merchant Calino (5186 GRT) was missed in this attack.
23 Feb 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. E.D. Norman, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Silvia Tripcovich (2365 GRT) about 60 nautical miles north-east of Sfax, Tunisia in position 34º23'N, 11º49'E. (see map)
25 Feb 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. E.D. Norman, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian light cruiser Armando Diaz east off Sfax, Tunisia in position 34º33'N, 11º45'E. Upright misses an Italian destroyer in the same attack. (see map)
31 Mar 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. E.D. Norman, DSC, RN) torpedoes and damages the transport Galilea (8040 GRT) off Tripoli, Libya in position 33º38'N, 12º40'E. (see map)
24 Jul 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. J.S. Wraith, DSC, RN) fires two torpedoes at the Italian floating drydock GO 22 off Cape dell'Armi. The torpedoes miss their target and Upright is heavily depth charged by the escorts.
27 Sep 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. J.S. Wraith, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the Italian torpedo boat Albatros 8 nautical miles north-west of Cape Rasocolmo near Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.
13 Dec 1941
HMS Upright (Lt. J.S. Wraith, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchants Fabio Filzi (6836 GRT) and Carlo del Greco (6837 GRT) about 15 nautical miles south of Cape San Vito.
9 May 1942
HMS Upright (Lt. J.S. Wraith, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks an Italian drydock under tow with gunfire near Cape dell' Armi.