| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | V |
| Pennant | P 68 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 5 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 25 Aug 1942 |
| Launched | 4 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 19 Aug 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to the Norwegian Navy in 1946 and renamed Utstein. |
Commands listed for HMS Venturer (P 68)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. James Stuart Launders, RN | 19 May 1943 | 24 May 1945 |
| 2 | Lt. Andrew Thomas Chalmers, DSC, RN | 24 May 1945 | 30 Jan 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Venturer include:
2 Mar 1944
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the German merchant Thor (2526 GRT) off Stadlandet, Norway in position 62°10'N, 05°05'E. (see map)
15 Apr 1944
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the German merchant Friedrichshafen (1923 GRT) about 15 nautical miles south-south-east of Egersund, Norway in position 58°15'N, 06°00'E. (see map)
11 Sep 1944
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Vang (678 GRT, offsite link) about 4 nautical miles east of Lista Island, Norway in position 58°03'N, 06°34'E. (see map)
13 Sep 1944
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) fires 3 torpedoes against the Norwegian merchant Force (499 GRT, offsite link) north-west of Egersund, Norway. All three torpedoes missed their target. Venturer then engaged the target with gunfire but the submarine was forced to break off this attack as she was fired upon by German shore batteries.
11 Nov 1944
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank German U-boat U-771 in the Andfjord about 7 nautical miles east of Andenes, Norway, in position 69°17'N, 16°28'E. (see map)
9 Feb 1945
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank German U-boat U-864 in the North Sea west of Bergen, Norway, in position 60°46'N, 04°35'E. This is the only known incident in all of naval warfare in which one submarine sank another while both are submerged. (see map)
19 Mar 1945
HMS Venturer (Lt. J.S. Launders, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoed and sank the German merchant Sirius (998 GRT) off Namsos, Norway in position 64°38'N, 10°36'E. (see map)