HMS Uther (P62) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 U-class

British U class submarine

The British U class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War...

 submarine

Submarine

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 built by Vickers-Armstrong

Vickers

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. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Uther.

Career

Uther had a relatively quiet wartime career, serving on a number of uneventful patrols. She continued in service for another five years and was eventually sold for scrapping in February 1950, and broken up at Hayle in April 1950.