One U Class submarine that is famous for the part it played during the Second World War was the Vickers-built Upholder, which probably had the finest fighting record of any Allied submarine of the period.
HMS UPHOLDER
Commissioned in August 1940, and under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn VC, HMS Upholder sailed to her Maltese base on 10th December. During this passage, Lieut-Cdr. Wanklyn demonstrated that he was a. man of many talents when a bulkhead door almost severed the tops of three fingers of Chief Engine Room Artificer Baker.
