HMS Urge was a British U-class submarine, of the second group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 October 1939, and was commissioned on 12 December 1940.

2022年5月1日 · Thirty-two crew, eleven naval passengers and one civilian were lost in the tragedy. For almost eight decades the final fate of HMS Urge was unknown and it was only thanks to a remarkable feat...

HMS Urge was a Royal Navy U-class submarine that formed part of the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at the Lazaretto on Manoel Island, Malta. These small, 630-tonne submarines were found to be ideal for use in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean.

2021年5月17日 · A submarine wreck off the coast of Malta has officially been identified as the British U-class submarine HMS Urge, which was lost in 1942. Since then, the reason for the vessel’s loss – and even the location of her wreckage – have been a mystery.

2019年11月7日 · The British submarine HMS Urge sank off the coast of Malta on April 27, 1942. This was during the seige of Malta by German and Italian forces. The Urge hit a German mine while leaving the British base on the island.

Thirty-two crew, eleven naval passengers and one civilian were lost in the tragedy. For almost eight decades the final fate of HMS Urge was unknown and it was only thanks to a remarkable feat of historical detective work that the mystery was solved.

2019年10月31日 · This is probably the wreck of wartime submarine HMS Urge – most likely located by marine archaeologists off Malta, solving a 77-year-long mystery. Sitting defiantly upright on the seabed of the Mediterranean more than 400 feet down, her bow buried in the ocean floor, her deck gun facing forward, her hull encrusted with marine life, this is ...

2019年11月1日 · HMS Urge left Malta for the north coast of Egypt on 27 April 1942 and was never seen again. The vessel, which was adopted by the people of Bridgend during World War Two, was officially reported...

Near the Straits of Messina, on 14 December 1941, HMS Urge made history when it attacked the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto the largest enemy battleship to be torpedoed at sea by the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

HMS URGE (Lt Cdr E P Tomkinson) was of the U class of Royal Navy submarines intended for short range patrols and anti-submarine training purposes. She was built at Barrow in Furness by Vickers Armstrong and commissioned with Lieutenant Tomkinson in command on …