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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 | 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 | |||
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| {{UK-Grampus}} | |||
|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] | |||
|20 Aug, 1934 | |||
|25 Feb, 1936 | |||
|10 Mar, 1937 | |||
|Sunk 16 Jun, 1940 | |||
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| {{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 | |||
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| {{UK-Cachalot}} | |||
|[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | |||
|12 May, 1936 | |||
|2 Dec, 1937 | |||
|15 Aug, 1938 | |||
|Sunk 30 Jul, 1941 | |||
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| {{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 23:52, 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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