| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | V |
| Pennant | P 85 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 21 May 1942 |
| Laid down | 21 May 1943 |
| Launched | 22 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 24 Aug 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Variance was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy upon completion on 24 August 1944. She was renamed Utsira. Utsira was scrapped at Hamburg in 1965. |
| Former name | HMS Variance |
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Noteable events involving Utsira include:
4 Jan 1945
HNoMS Utsira (Lt. S. Valvatne) departed from Dundee for her 3rd war patrol. She is to patrol in the Frohavet - Foldenfjord area. She is to proceed to Lerwick first where she arrived late on the 5th.
6 Jan 1945
HNoMS Utsira (Lt. S. Valvatne) departed from Lerwick harbour at 0905 hours (zone -1) for the patrol area.
16 Jan 1945
HNoMS Utsira (Lt. S. Valvatne) torpedoed and sank the German patrol vessel V 6408 /Skagerak (1281 GRT, built )
5 Apr 1945
HNoMS Utsira (Lt.Cdr. Valvatne) torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Torridal (1381 GRT, offsite link) off the Follafjord, Norway.