HMS Umpire (N82) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built at Chatham Dockyard and sunk in an accident nine days after commissioning in July 1941 with the loss of 22 men.

[1] From Dunoon she was to carry out a single working-up patrol in the North Sea before heading to the Mediterranean.

[2] However, an armed escort trawler, Peter Hendriks in the southbound convoy accidentally struck Umpire sinking her in 18 metres of water.

[3] Four crew members were on the bridge when the submarine sank - Wingfield, the navigator and two lookouts.

[5] Chief ERA Killen received a British Empire Medal for leaving the submarine wearing DSEA to check for obstructions around the engine room hatch and then returning to the engine room to assist the other crew members in escaping.