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{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Vampire}}

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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image= Hms vampire submarine.jpg
|Ship caption= HMS ''Vampire''
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
|Ship name=HMS ''Vampire''
|Ship builder=[[Vickers Armstrong]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]]
|Ship laid down=9 November 1942
|Ship launched=20 July 1943
|Ship commissioned=13 November 1943
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship motto=*''Invisa et Inopinata''
*Latin: "Unseen and Unexpected"<ref>Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 240</ref>
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=Aegean 1944
|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]] P72
|Ship fate=Scrapped at Gateshead, March 1950
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class=[[British V-class submarine|V-class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*545 tons (standard - surfaced)
*658 tons (full load - surfaced)
*740 tons (submerged)
|Ship length={{convert|204|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|16|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|15|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 shaft diesel-electric
*2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
*{{convert|615|hp|lk=in|abbr=on}} / {{convert|825|hp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed=*{{convert|11.25|kn|km/h}} surfaced
*{{convert|10|kn|km/h}} submerged
|Ship range=
|Ship endurance=
|Ship test depth=
|Ship complement=33
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*4 × bow internal [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] torpedo tubes
*8-10 torpedoes
*1 × [[QF 3 inch 20 cwt|{{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on}}]] deck gun
|Ship notes=
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'''HMS ''Vampire''''' was a [[British V-class submarine|V-class]] submarine of the [[Royal Navy]] (RN).<ref name=Cassells145>Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 145</ref>

The boat was laid down by [[Vickers|Vickers-Armstrong]] at [[Barrow-in-Furness]] on 9 November 1942. She was launched on 20 July 1943,<ref name=Cassells145/> and commissioned into the RN on 13 November 1943.

The submarine operated during the late stages of [[World War II]], and earned the [[battle honour]] "Aegean 1944".<ref name=Cassells145/> The submarine was decommissioned after the war in September 1945 and was broken up for scrap at [[Gateshead]] in March 1950

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last=Cassells |first=Vic |title=The Destroyers: their battles and their badges |year=2000 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=East Roseville, NSW |isbn=0-7318-0893-2 |oclc=46829686}}
* {{cite web | title = HMS ''Vampire'' (P 72) | work= uboat.net | url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3580.html | accessdate= 2007-02-02 }}

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