Modern British boats restore Norwegian submarine power

The U-class Ula carried experienced Norwegian submariners back into familiar coastal waters, completing fourteen patrols and sinking U-974 before remaining in service until 1965. Uredd was transferred while still building and was lost in a German minefield during a special-operations mission off Norway; her crew is commemorated in Dundee and Norway. The V-class transfer arrived late and appears to have had little time for wartime operations. These compact British designs traded some surface speed and stability for better underwater performance. Four bow tubes, eight torpedoes, and a three-inch gun gave Norwegian crews a simple but capable boat and a major technological leap over their worn prewar submarines.