| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | U |
| Pennant | N 87 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 May 1940 |
| Launched | 10 Jun 1941 |
| Commissioned | 27 Sep 1941 |
| End service | Nov 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Used for A/S training after refitting in the U.K. from April to August 1943. Decommissioned and placed in Reserve in November 1945. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 11 April 1949 and scrapped at Llanelly. |
Commands listed for HMS Una (N 87)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Compton Patrick Norman, RN | 16 Feb 1942 | Nov 1942 | |
| 2 | Lt. John Dennis Martin, RN | Nov 1942 | 10 Mar 1943 | |
| 3 | Lt. William Gordon Meeke, DSC, RN | 25 Jul 1943 | ||
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Noteable events involving Una include:
12 Feb 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Luciana (8106 GRT) about 20 nautical miles north-east of Crotone, Calabria, Italy in position 39º20'N, 17º25'E. (see map)
13 Mar 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) sinks the Italian fishing vessel Maria Immacolata (248 GRT) with gunfire 6 nautical miles bearing 135 of Mehedia, Tunisia.
5 Apr 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ninetto G. (5335 GRT) about 12 nautical miles south of Capo dell'Armi in position 37º05'N, 15º41'E. (see map)
10 Sep 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) fires torpedoes against the Italian merchant Brioni (1987 GRT) about 10 nautical miles west of Palaiokhóra, Crete, Greece in position 35º12'N, 23º29'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
(see map)
3 Oct 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) fires torpedoes against a merchant in Lampedusa harbour. The torpedoes however hit the rocks.
18 Oct 1942
HMS Una (Lt. C.P. Norman, RN) against the Italian tanker Panuco (7600 GRT) north of Catania, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes fired however missed their target.
27 Nov 1942
HMS Una (Lt. J.D. Martin, RN) attacks the German merchant Menes (5609 GRT) with two torpedoes north of the Gulf of Tunis in position 37º34'N, 10º33'E. Both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
1 Feb 1943
HMS Una (Lt. J.D. Martin, RN) damages two sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia in position 36º26'N, 10º43'E. Una had to break of the attack due to gunfire from shore batteries (see map)
15 Feb 1943
HMS Una (Lt. J.D. Martin, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Petrarca (3329 GRT) about 10 nautical miles north of Crotone, Calabria, Italy in position 39º16'N, 17º08'E. (see map)
10 Mar 1943
HMS Una (Lt. J.D. Martin, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Cosala (4294 GRT, former Yugoslavian Serafin Topic) 7 nautical miles bearing 170 of Punta Stilo, Italy.
The damaged Italian ship is grounded, declared a total loss and sank during a storm.
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