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HMS Undine (N48)

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was at 50 feet (15 m) and proceeding blind due to the loss of sonar. After five minutes with no further attacks, she raised her periscope and was heavily damaged by an explosion. The order to abandon ship was given. The crew scuttled the
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was a member of the 6th Submarine Flotilla. From 26–29 August 1939, the flotilla deployed to its war bases at
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failed due to a leak. At 0940 on 7 January, she was attacked by German auxiliary minesweepers
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class as a result. The submarine entered service in 1938.
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was on her fourth war patrol in January 1940 when her
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2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
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Index

HMS Undine

Vickers Armstrong
Barrow-in-Furness
Scuttled

U-class
submarine
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
U-class
submarine
lead vessel
Second World War
scuttled
minesweepers
Heligoland
Vickers Armstrong
Barrow-in-Furness
laid down
commissioned
pennant number
Dundee
sonar
"Submarine losses 1904 to present day"
the original
"HMS Undine (i) (N 48)"
Colledge, J. J.
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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