Allied Warships

HMS Upright (N 89)

Submarine of the U class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassU 
PennantN 89 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down6 Nov 1939 
Launched21 Apr 1940 
Commissioned3 Sep 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 December 1945. Scrapped at Troon in March 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Francis John Brooks, RN
5 July 1940 - ???

Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, RN
??? - 14 July 1941
DSC awarded on 31 December 1940

Lt. John Somerton Wraith, DSC, RN
14 July 1941 - 1 July 1942
DSO awarded on 3 April 1942

Lt.Cdr. Anthony Foster Collett, DSC, RN
1 July 1942 - 26 January 1943

Lt. Peter Robert Helfrich Harrison, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN
26 January 1943 - 7 June 1943

Lt. Ronald Max Seaburne-May, DSC, RN
7 June 1943 - 21 May 1944

Lt. James Anthony Lawrence Wilkinson, RN
21 May 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Upright (N 89)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Francis John Brooks, RN5 Jul 1940???

2Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, DSC, RN???14 Jul 1941
3Lt. John Somerton Wraith, DSC, RN14 Jul 19411 Jul 1942
4Lt.Cdr. Anthony Foster Collett, DSC, RN1 Jul 194226 Jan 1943
5Lt. Peter Robert Helfrich Harrison, DSC, DSO, RN26 Jan 19437 Jun 1943
6Lt. Ronald Max Seaburne-May, DSC, RN7 Jun 194321 May 1944
7Lt. James Anthony Lawrence Wilkinson, RN21 May 1944Oct 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.

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