| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | V |
| Pennant | P 78 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 21 May 1942 |
| Laid down | 27 Oct 1942 |
| Launched | 11 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 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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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Frederick Danford Gordon Challis, DSC, RN | 15 Jan 1944 | 14 May 1945 |
| 2 | Lt. Donald Rupert Wilson, DSC, RANVR | 14 May 1945 | 22 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.