Upholder Victoria-class Submarine
Upholder may refer to: * , a British Royal Navy Second World War submarine sunk in 1942 * , a British Royal Navy submarine launched in 1986 and transferred to the Canadian Navy * ''Upholder''/''Victoria''-class submarine, a Royal Navy class originally named the ''Upholder''-class * Worshipful Company of Upholders The Worshipful Company of Upholders is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. "Upholder" is an archaic word for "upholsterer". In past times upholders carried out not just the manufacture and sale of upholstered goods but were cabine ...

Upholder/Victoria-class Submarine
The ''Upholder''/''Victoria''-class submarines, also known as the Type 2400 (due to their displacement of 2,400 tonnes), are the class of the diesel-electric submarines built in the United Kingdom in the 1980s to supplement the nuclear submarines in the Submarine Service of the British Royal Navy. The boats were originally named the ''Upholder'' class, after the most renowned vessel of the former U class. Their British service life was short, with the vessels being decommissioned in 1994. After an unsuccessful bid to transfer these submarines to the Pakistan Navy in 1993–1994, the Canadian government eventually purchased the submarines and a suite of trainers from the Royal Navy for Canadian Forces Maritime Command (renamed to Royal Canadian Navy in 2011) to replace their decommissioned s in 1998. In Canadian service, the submarines are classified as the ''Victoria'' class. These submarines initially suffered from serious electrical problems and were beset by mechanic ...
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