HMS Unique (N95)
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NameHMS Unique
BuilderVickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down30 October 1939
Launched6 June 1940
 HMS Unique | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Unique |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down | 30 October 1939 |
| Launched | 6 June 1940 |
| Commissioned | 27 September 1940 |
| Fate | Missing after 7 October 1942 |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | U-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 58.22 m (191 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Complement | 27–31 |
| Armament |
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HMS Unique was a U-class submarine of the Royal Navy, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 October 1939 and was commissioned on 27 September 1940.
She spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean from mid 1941 under the command of Captain Arthur Hezlet, where she sank the Italian passenger/cargo ship Fenicia and the Italian troop transport Esperia. She also damaged the Italian cargo ship Arsia, which was later declared a total loss. On 5 January 1942, she made an unsuccessful attack on the Italian battleship Littorio.[1]
