HMS Porpoise (S01)
 HMS Porpoise (S01)
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Porpoise |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched | 25 April 1956 |
| Commissioned | 17 April 1958 |
| Decommissioned | 1982 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target in 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Porpoise class submarine |
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| Length | 290 ft (88 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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| Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 71 |
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HMS Porpoise (S01) was a Porpoise-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 April 1956, commissioned on 17 April 1958,[1] and was decommissioned in 1982. Finally, she was sunk as a target in 1985[2] in torpedo trials, for which purpose she was painted bright red.
She had been used as a training target while still serving with the Navy; in 1979 her casing, ballast tanks and vents were reinforced so that unarmed torpedoes could be fired at her without the risk of sinking.
In 2000, a glacier in East Greenland was named after her [1]
Commanding officers
[edit]| From | To | Captain |
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| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant Commander G R H Lloyd-Williams RN |
| 1977 | 1977 | Lieutenant Commander MJ Syme RN |
| 1978 | 1979 | Lieutenant Commander J L Milnes RN |
| 1979 | 1981 | Lt Commander N S R Kilgour CB |
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- Notable accidents involving HMS Porpoise
- 18 October 1963: Suffered superficial damage departing Portsmouth harbor after colliding with the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur.
- 1 January 1969 - Entangled in the nets of the French trawler Belle Poule.
- 18 April 1982 - HMS Porpoise became entangled in the fishing nets of the Irish trawler Sharelga. The Sharelga, after travelling backwards two miles for twenty minutes, capsized and sank.[3]
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References
[edit]- ^ Submarines of The Royal Navy. Maritime Books. 1983. ISBN 0-907771-00-9.
- ^ "Porpoise Class Submarines". Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ "The day 'Sharelga' was sunk by a sub" The Irish Independent.
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1985 | |
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