HMS Untiring (P59)

HMS Untiring (P59)

HMS "Untiring" (P59) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Untiring". After the war, she was loaned to the Greek Navy and renamed "Xifias".

Career

Wartime

After a work up patrol off the Norwegian coast, where she sank the Norwegian fishing vessel "Havbis II" whilst she was fishing for halibut, "Untiring" was assigned to operate in the Mediterranean. Here, she went on to sink the German netlayer Netztender 44/"Prudente", the German barge "F 296", the German ships "Jean Suzon/FP 352" and "St. Antoine/FP 358", the German auxiliary minesweeper M 6022/"Enseigne", the German merchants "Diana" and "Siena" (the former French "Astrée"), the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ 6075 / "Clairvoyant" and UJ 6078/"La Havraise", and also claimed to have sunk a sailing vessel with gunfire.

She also unsuccessfully attacked the German submarine "U-616", the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 6073/"Nimeth Allah", the German torpedo boat "TA 18" (the former Italian "Solferino"), the German merchant "Burgas" and an unidentified German auxiliary patrol vessel.

Postwar

"Untiring" survived the war and was loaned to the Greek Navy in July 1945, where she was renamed "Xifias". She served with the Greek Navy for seven years, and was returned to the Royal Navy in 1952. She was subsequently sunk as an ASDIC target on 25 July 1957. The wreck sits upright in 53 meters of water in an area of generally reasonable visibility and is easily reached from Salcombe or Plymouth. She is still in very good condition with little sign of collapse over the 46 years since she was sunk. The boat lists slightly to port and the propellors are still both visible above the loose gravel of the bottom. When last dived, on 6 July 2003, the boat had a good collection of growth on her and was home to numerous species of fish.

References

*cite web | url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3564.html | title= HMS "Untiring" (P 59) | work= uboat.net
*cite web | url= http://home.cogeco.ca/~gchalcraft/sm/page29.html | title= Untiring to Urge | work= British submarines of World War II
*Colledge
*Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson


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