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Britain's built six '''''Grampus''''' or '''''Porpoise'' Class Minelaying Submarines''' in the 1930s. | Britain's built six '''''Grampus''''' or '''''Porpoise'' Class Minelaying Submarines''' in the 1930s. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 6 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Porpoise}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers-Armstrongs]] | ||
+ | |22 Sep, 1931 | ||
+ | |30 Aug, 1932 | ||
+ | |11 Mar, 1933 | ||
+ | |Sunk 16 Jan, 1945 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Grampus}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |20 Aug, 1934 | ||
+ | |25 Feb, 1936 | ||
+ | |10 Mar, 1937 | ||
+ | |Sunk 16 Jun, 1940 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Narwhal}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers-Armstrongs]] | ||
+ | |29 May, 1934 | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1935 | ||
+ | |28 Feb, 1936 | ||
+ | |Sunk 23 Jul, 1940 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Rorqual}} | ||
+ | |[[Vickers-Armstrongs]] | ||
+ | |1 May, 1935 | ||
+ | |27 Jul, 1936 | ||
+ | |10 Feb, 1937 | ||
+ | |Sold 19 Nov, 1945 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Cachalot}} | ||
+ | |[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | ||
+ | |12 May, 1936 | ||
+ | |2 Dec, 1937 | ||
+ | |15 Aug, 1938 | ||
+ | |Sunk 30 Jul, 1941 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-Seal}} | ||
+ | |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |9 Dec, 1936 | ||
+ | |27 Sep, 1938 | ||
+ | |24 May, 1939 | ||
+ | |Captured 5 May, 1940 | ||
+ | |} | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== |
Latest revision as of 19:52, 19 April 2018
Britain's built six Grampus or Porpoise Class Minelaying Submarines in the 1930s.
Overview of 6 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Porpoise | Vickers-Armstrongs | 22 Sep, 1931 | 30 Aug, 1932 | 11 Mar, 1933 | Sunk 16 Jan, 1945 |
Grampus | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 20 Aug, 1934 | 25 Feb, 1936 | 10 Mar, 1937 | Sunk 16 Jun, 1940 |
Narwhal | Vickers-Armstrongs | 29 May, 1934 | 29 Aug, 1935 | 28 Feb, 1936 | Sunk 23 Jul, 1940 |
Rorqual | Vickers-Armstrongs | 1 May, 1935 | 27 Jul, 1936 | 10 Feb, 1937 | Sold 19 Nov, 1945 |
Cachalot | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | 12 May, 1936 | 2 Dec, 1937 | 15 Aug, 1938 | Sunk 30 Jul, 1941 |
Seal | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 9 Dec, 1936 | 27 Sep, 1938 | 24 May, 1939 | Captured 5 May, 1940 |
Service
Armament
- six 21-in torpedo tubes forward with 12 torpedoes
- one QF Mark XII 4-in gun
- fifty mines
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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