HMS Venturer (P68)-- Part 2: Sank Two U-boats

The HMS Venturer was the lead ship of the "V" Class of submarines.  She was built at the Vickers-Armstrong Yard in Barrow-in-Furness.  Construction commenced  in August 1942 and launching was 8 months later, May  18943.  She was commissioned  19 August 1943.

At duty station off Norway, she kept watch on coastal traffic and U-boats entering and leaving their base.

She also sank the German U-771 on November 11, 1944.

But, her most famous voyage was her 11th, out of the British submarine base at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, under the command of 25-year-old Jimmy Launders.

This was the first time in the history of naval warfare that  one submarine intentionally sank another submarine while both were submerged.

--GreGen