The Probert Encyclopaedia of Ships

VIRTUE

HMS Virtue was a British V Class submarine of 545 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Virtue was powered by two Davey Paxman diesel engines providing a top speed of 13 knots surfaced and two electric motors providing a top speed of 10 knots submerged. She was armed with one 3 inch gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four 21 inch bow torpedo tubes.