| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | V |
| Pennant | P 75 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 5 Dec 1941 |
| Laid down | 17 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 29 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Cochin, India on 19 May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Virtue (P 75)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Rudland Dallas Cairns, DSC, RN | 1 Dec 1943 | 3 Aug 1945 |
| 2 | Lt. Iwan Geoffrey Raikes, DSC, RN | 3 Aug 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Virtue include:
26 Jul 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires four torpedoes at the German sailing vessel Doxa (504 GRT) off Suda Bay, Crete. All torpedoes missed their target.
29 Jul 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) attacked a German sailing vessel with torpedoed and gunfire 13 nautical miles south-south-west of Milos, Greece but fails the sink the enemy vessel.
30 Jul 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires a torpedo against the small German merchant Dresden (120 GRT) east of Ananes Island, Greece. The torpedo however misses its target.
16 Aug 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sank three sailing vessels with gunfire and ramming nine miles south of Milos, Greece.
19 Aug 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sank a sailing vessel with gunfire south of Milos Island, Greece.
21 Aug 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sank two sailing vessels with gunfire off Cape Spatha, Crete, Greece.
12 Sep 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires three torpedoes ' against what is identified as ' a auxiliary patrol vessel north-west of Psathoura Island, Greece. The torpedoes missed their target.
13 Sep 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary net layer Piraeus (670 GRT) in the Skiathos Channel, Greece. All torpedoes fires missed their target.
9 Oct 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sank the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Matthaios (35 GRT) with gunfire west of Cape Stavros, Crete in position 35°25'N, 24°57'E. (see map)
10 Oct 1944
While operating off Crete HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sank the Greek sailing vessel Sophia (150 GRT) with gunfire in position 35°31'N, 25°12'E and the Greek sailing vessel Aghia Anna (50 GRT) with gunfire in position 35°32'N, 25°03'E. (see map)
11 Oct 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sank a water carrier and two smaller vessels with gunfire off Cape Dhia, Crete, Greece.