Allied Warships

HMS Varne (P 81)

Submarine of the V class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassV 
PennantP 81 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered21 May 1942 
Laid down18 Nov 1942 
Launched24 Feb 1944 
Commissioned30 Jul 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Troon, Scotland in September 1958.

 

Commands listed for HMS Varne (P 81)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Iwan Geoffrey Raikes, DSC, RN30 Mar 19443 Aug 1945
2Lt. Richard Hewson Akeroyd, DSC, RN3 Aug 1945late 1945

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