Allied Warships

HMS Voracious (P 78)

Submarine of the V class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassV 
PennantP 78 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered21 May 1942 
Laid down27 Oct 1942 
Launched11 Nov 1943 
Commissioned13 Apr 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Cochin, India on 19 May 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Voracious (P 78)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Frederick Danford Gordon Challis, DSC, RN15 Jan 194414 May 1945
2Lt. Donald Rupert Wilson, DSC, RANVR14 May 194522 Oct 1945

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Noteable events involving Voracious include:


15 Sep 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2110 5 nautical miles north of Skopelos Island, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed their target.

17 Sep 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) fires four torpedoes against ' what is identified as 'a merchant in the Skopelos Channel, Greece. All four torpedoes fired missed their target.

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