HMS ''Upright'' was a

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, of the second group of that class, built by

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. She was laid down on 6 November 1939 and was commissioned on 3 September 1940. So far she has been the only ship of the

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to bear the name ''Upright''.

Career

''Upright'' spent most of her career operating in the

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, where she sank the Italian submarine chaser , Italian merchants ''Silvia Tripcovich'', and ''Fabio Filzi'' and ''Carlo del Greco'', which were transporting the

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s of the XII Tank Battalion M13/40 of the

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. HMS ''Upright'' also sank the Italian light cruiser ''Armando Diaz'' and an Italian drydock under tow. She also damaged the transport ''Galilea''. She launched an unsuccessful attack on an Italian floating drydock, and a convoy, missing her target, the Italian merchant ''Calino''. ''Upright'' was heavily depth charged by the escorts, following the attack.HMS Upright
uboat.net Nevertheless, ''Upright'' survived the war, and was sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 December 1945. She was scrapped at Troon in March 1946.

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