HMS
UPHOLDER
(1940
-
1942)
HMS UPHOLDER (Lt Cdr M D Wanklyn) sailed from Malta on 6 April 1942 for a patrol in the Gulf of Tripoli. On 11 April she conducted a rendezvous with HMS UNBEATEN.
Nothing further was heard from UPHOLDER. On 14 April two British submarines patrolling in areas near to UPHOLDER heard prolonged depth-charging and, on the 18 April, the Italians claimed that one of their torpedo boats had sunk a submarine on 14 April.
HMS UPHOLDER was the highest scoring British submarine of World War 2, sinking a total of 133,940 tons of enemy shipping. Lt Cdr Wanklyn had been awarded the Victoria Cross.
UPHOLDER was lost with all hands.
PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THIS UNIT
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