HMS Porpoise (S01)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Porpoise.

History
HMS Porpoise (S01)
United Kingdom
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
Displacement:	2,080 tons surfaced 2,450 tons submerged
Length:	290 ft (88 m)
Beam:	26 ft 7 in (8.10 m)
Draught:	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	2 × Admiralty Standard range diesel generators, 1,650 hp (1.230 MW) 2 × English Electric main motors, 12,000 hp (8.95 MW) 2 shafts
Speed:	12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced 17 kn (31 km/h)submerged
Range:	9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement:	71
Armament:	8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 bow, 2 stern 30 × Mk8 or Mk23 torpedoes, later the Mark 24 Tigerfish

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 sunk as a target in 1985.^[2] She was decommissioned in 1982 and sunk as a target in 1985 in torpedo trials, for which purpose she was painted bright red. She had been used as a 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 her.

Commanding Officers

From	To	Captain
1965	1966	Lieutenant Commander G R H Lloyd-Williams RN
1977	1977
1978	1979	Lieutenant Commander J L Milnes RN
1979	1981	Lt Commander Kilgour

Accidents and incidents

Notable accidents involving HMS Porpoise

October 18th, 1963: Suffers superficial damage departing Portsmouth harbor after colliding with the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur.
January 1st, 1969 - Entangled in the nets of the French trawler Belle Poule.
April 18th, 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]

A model of HMS Porpoise’’

References

↑ Submarines of The Royal Navy. Maritime Books. 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.

Porpoise-class submarine

Cachalot Finwhale Grampus Narwhal Porpoise Rorqual Sealion Walrus

List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1985

Shipwrecks	10 Feb: ARA Santa Fe 30 Mar: Mercedes I 10 Jul: Rainbow Warrior 3 Aug: HMS Narwhal 19 Dec: Eagle Tire Co. Unknown date: Narciso Monturiol, HMS Porpoise

Other incidents	15 May: Kumudini 1 Aug: Silco 3 Aug: Europa 10 Aug: K-431 September (unknown date): USS Darter 7 Oct: Achille Lauro 23 Oct: USS Swordfish 30 Oct: Golden Hinde

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