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Royal Navy
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submarines have been named HMS ''Upholder''.
*The first , launched in 1940, was a
U-class submarine
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. She served in
World War II
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. Her captain was Lieutenant Commander David Wanklyn, who received the Victoria Cross whilst in command of the vessel. HMS ''Upholder'' was the most decorated submarine in the British fleet. She was sunk off the coast of Sfax in North Africa by the Italian torpedo boat ''
Pegaso
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'' in April 1942.
*The second , launched in 1986 and named after the first, was the
lead ship
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Large ships are very complex and may ...
of
her class of submarines.
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Royal Navy ship names