HMS Upright (N89)

HMS "Upright" was a British U class submarine, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 6 November 1939 and was commissioned on 3 September 1940. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Upright".

Career

"Upright" spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean, where she sank the Italian torpedo boat "Albatros", the Italian merchants "Silvia Tripcovich", "Fabio Filzi" and "Carlo del Greco", the Italian light cruiser "Armando Diaz" and an Italian drydock under tow. She also damaged the transport "Galilea". She launched an unsuccessful attack on an Italian floating drydock, and a convoy, missing her target, the Italian merchant "Calino". "Upright" was heavily depth charged by the escorts, following the attack. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3536.html HMS Upright] , Uboot.net]

Nevertheless, "Upright" survived the war, and was sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 December 1945. She was scrapped at Troon in March 1946.

References

*"Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day", by Robert Hutchinson
*Colledge