Upholder-class submarine

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The Upholder-class submarine was a class of diesel-electric attack submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 20th century, later modernized and transferred to Canada where they became the Victoria-class.

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Upholder-class submarine canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diesel-electric attack submarine class ⓘ
submarine class ⓘ
builtAt Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
builtBy Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd ⓘ
linked to: Vickers-Armstrongs
CanadianDesignationOf Victoria-class submarine ⓘ
classNameShip HMS Upholder ⓘ
commissionedPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
constructionMaterial steel hull ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
decommissionedFromRoyalNavy mid-1990s ⓘ
designedFor Royal Navy conventional submarine force ⓘ
designedForEnvironment North Atlantic ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
designedToReplace Oberon-class submarine (Royal Navy) ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
flagOfCurrentOperator Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
flagOfOriginalOperator Royal Navy ⓘ
includesVessel HMS Unicorn ⓘ
HMS Unseen ⓘ
HMS Upholder ⓘ
HMS Ursula ⓘ
intendedRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
anti-surface warfare ⓘ
patrol ⓘ
laidDownPeriod 1980s ⓘ
laterNavy Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
laterOperator Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
modernizedFor Royal Canadian Navy service ⓘ
navalArchitectureType single-hull diesel-electric submarine ⓘ
navy Royal Navy ⓘ
numberBuilt 4 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
powerplant diesel engines and electric motors ⓘ
primaryArmamentType torpedoes ⓘ
propulsion diesel-electric ⓘ
relatedClass Victoria-class submarine ⓘ
renamedAs Victoria-class submarine ⓘ
serviceEntry 1990 ⓘ
serviceRetirementFromRoyalNavy 1994 ⓘ
soldTo Canada ⓘ
status in service with Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
statusWithRoyalNavy retired ⓘ
subclassOf attack submarine ⓘ
successorNameInCanadianService Victoria-class submarine ⓘ
transferredTo Canada ⓘ
type non-nuclear submarine ⓘ
usedBy Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

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Victoria-class submarine → formerName → Upholder-class submarine ⓘ
HMCS Victoria → originalClass → Upholder-class submarine ⓘ