| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | U |
| Pennant | P 49 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 23 Aug 1940 |
| Laid down | 19 Nov 1941 |
| Launched | 28 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 Nov 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Inverkeithing in February 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Unruly (P 49)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. John Paton Fyfe, RN | Sep 1942 | 20 Oct 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Derek John Palmer, RNVR | 20 Oct 1944 | 8 Sep 1945 |
| 3 | Lt. Laurence Douglas Hamlyn, RN | 8 Sep 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Unruly include:
11 Apr 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) fires two torpedoes against a (Spanish) merchant off Port Vendres, southern France. Both torpedoes missed their target.
12 Apr 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) torpedoed and sank the French merchant St Lucien (1256 GRT) off Port Vendres, southern France in position 42°31'N, 03°07'E. (see map)
16 May 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) torpedoed and damaged the Italian merchant Nicolo Tommaseo (4573 GRT) about 5 nautical miles north-north-east of Catania, Sicily, Italy in position 37?35'N, 15?17'E.
The damaged Nicolo Tommaseo was sunk by Allied aircraft at Catania on 26 July 1943. (see map)
14 Jun 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Valentino Coda (4485 GRT, built 1924) 19 nautical miles bearing 309 of Cape Vaticano, Italy in position 38?52'N, 15?27'E.
At 0140 hours (time zone -2) Unruly sighted a merchant vessel of about 5000 tons escorted by 'what is identified as' a destroyer. Range was 10000 yards. An attack was commenced.
At 0200 hours four torpedoed were fired at a range of 3500 yards, about 2.5 minutes later two explosions were heard.
At 0204 hours Unruly dived. Ten minutes later 6 depth charges were dropped but these were a long way off.
(see map)
13 Jul 1943
Shortly before 2100hours on 13 July 1943 HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) torpedoed and sank the Italian submarine Acciaio (630 tons, built 1942, offsite link) off Cape Vaticano near Messina, Sicily, Italy in position 38°35'N, 15°49'E.
At 2022 hours (time zone -3) a southbound Italian submarine was sighted. Unruly closed for a torpedo attack.
At 2049 hours four torpedoes were fired from 3000 yards. The first torpedo hit the target two minutes after firing. The other three torpedoes hit the coast and exploded. (see map)
15 Aug 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) torpedoed and damaged the Italian tanker Cesco (6161 BRT) off Brindisi, Italy.
8 Oct 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) torpedoed and sank the German minelayer Bulgaria (1108 GRT) but misses the minelayer Drache south off Amorgos Island, Greece in position 36°46'N, 25°51'E. The Bulgaria was loaded with supplies for the island of Kos. (see map)
2 Dec 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire of Levitha island, Greece.
13 Dec 1943
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) fires two torpedoes against the German auxiliary minelayer Drache off Samos, Greece. Both torpedoes missed their target.
8 Jan 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank a sailing vessel with gunfire off Cape Doro, Andros Island, Greece.
11 Jan 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank four sailing vessels with gunfire off Andros Island and Tinos Island, Greece. The last two were sunk in position 37°39'N, 25°05'E. (see map)
12 Jan 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire north of Syros Island, Greece in position 37°38'N, 24°54'E. (see map)
15 Jan 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Giorgios (20 GRT) with gunfire north of Syros Island, Greece.
16 Apr 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) fires four torpedoes against the German Brunhilde (1810 GRT) about 25 nautical miles north of Lemnos, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
19 Apr 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank two sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges in the Gulf of Izmir, Turkey
21 Apr 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank a sailing vessel with scuttling charges north of Chios Island, Greece.
30 May 1944
HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) sank a sailing vessel with scuttling charges off Suda Bay, Crete, Greece.
3 Jul 1944
At 0140 hours HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) fires three torpedoed at the German merchants Erpel and Pelikan north-east of Mykonos. The torpedoes however miss their target
11 Jul 1944
At 0422 hours HMS Unruly (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, RN) fires four torpedoes at the German merchant Pelikan south-west of Kos, Greece. The torpedoes however miss their target