HMS Upstart

	HMS Upstart, 15 February 1952
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Upstart
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	17 March 1942
Launched	24 November 1942
Commissioned	3 April 1943
Out of service	Loaned to Greek Navy from 1945
Fate	Sunk as ASDIC target 29 July 1959
Badge
Greece
Name	Amfitriti
In service	1945
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy in 1952
General characteristics
Class & type	U-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load; Submerged - 730 tons;
Length	58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric; 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors; 615 / 825 hp;
Speed	11.25 knots (20.8 km/h) max surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h) max submerged;
Complement	27-31
Armament	4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes; 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) gun;

HMS Upstart (P65) 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 Upstart. After the war, she was loaned to the Greek Navy and renamed Amfitriti.

History
HMS Upstart, 15 February 1952
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Upstart
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	17 March 1942
Launched	24 November 1942
Commissioned	3 April 1943
Out of service	Loaned to Greek Navy from 1945
Fate	Sunk as ASDIC target 29 July 1959
Badge
Greece
Name	Amfitriti
In service	1945
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy in 1952
General characteristics
Class & type	U-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons
Length	58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors 615 / 825 hp
Speed	11.25 knots (20.8 km/h) max surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h) max submerged
Complement	27-31
Armament	4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) gun