| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | V |
| Pennant | P 72 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 5 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 9 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 20 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Vampire is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List. Scrapped at Gateshead on 5 March 1950. |
Commands listed for HMS Vampire (P 72)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Charles William Taylor, RNR | 29 Jul 1943 | Jul 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Vampire include:
12 May 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) sank a sailing vessel Monemvassia, Greece through ramming.
23 Jun 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) sank the Greek sailing vessel Abba/KA 1610 (50 GRT) with gunfire and a demolition charge off Kandeliusa Island, Greece.
At 1312 hours (time zone -2) a caique was sighted bearing 80 distance 5 nautical miles. At 1442 hours Vampire surfaced in position 36?33'N, 26?58'E.
At 1444 hours Vampire opened fire at 800 yards after the crew of five was allowed to abandon ship. At 1456 hours Vampire came alongside and placed a demolition charge. At 1503 hours the demolition charge was seen to explode and the caique was left in a sinking condition. (see map)
24 Jun 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) bombards a caique yard at Mandraki. Two caiques were claimed destroyed and three smaller ones were claimed damaged.
At 1440 hours (time zone -2) HMS Vampire sighted five of six caiques on the beach at Mandraki and also a large caique on the stocks. At 1453 hours Vampire surfaced and opened fire. A large caique on the beach was destroyed and three others severely damaged. Fire was now shifted to a large caique on the stocks. At 1502 hours this caique was seen to break in two. One minute later shore batteries opened fire so Vampire was forced to submerge.
19 Jul 1944
While on patrol off Milos, Greece HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) fires four torpedoes at the German merchant Pelikan and the German torpedo boat TA 19 (former Italian Calatafini). All torpedoes missed their target(s).
25 Aug 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) sank three sailing vessels with gunfire off Mykonos Island, Greece in position 37°34'N, 25°30'E. (see map)
22 Sep 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) torpedoed and sank the German merchant Peter (3754 GRT, former French PLM 16) about 5 nautical miles north of Skiathos Island, Greece.
23 Sep 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) fires 4 torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2102. All torpedoes missed their target.