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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Porpoise''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Porpoise''" nat=UK> | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Christopher Harris|nick=Guy C. Harris|appt=26 August, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 262}}|end=12 July, 1934{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Christopher Harris|nick=Guy C. Harris|appt=26 August, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 262}}|end=12 July, 1934<ref>Harris Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/117.|}} f. 117.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards|nick=Roderick L. M. Edwards|appt=12 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 262}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards|nick=Roderick L. M. Edwards|appt=12 July, 1934<ref>Edwards Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/154.|}} f. 154.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 262}}|end=23 June, 1936<ref>Edwards Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/154.|}} f. 154.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick John Crosby Halahan|nick=Frederick J. C. Halahan|appt=24 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 263}}|end=6 September, 1938}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick John Crosby Halahan|nick=Frederick J. C. Halahan|appt=24 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 263}}|end=6 September, 1938}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Walter Gillow Simpson|nick=George W. G. Simpson|appt=31 August, 1938{{NavAppts|25 July 1938, p. 19}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Walter Gillow Simpson|nick=George W. G. Simpson|appt=31 August, 1938{{NavAppts|25 July 1938, p. 19}}|end=}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Lieutenant S.A.N.F.(V)|name=Allan Harold MacCoy|nick=Allan H. MacCoy|appt=6 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}|end=23 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Temporary Lieutenant S.A.N.F.(V)|name=Allan Harold MacCoy|nick=Allan H. MacCoy|appt=6 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}|end=23 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham|nick=Hubert A. L. Marsham|appt=23 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}|end=21 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Anthony Lucius Marsham|nick=Hubert A. L. Marsham|appt=23 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}|end=21 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Bentley Turner|nick=Hugh B. Turner|appt=21 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}|end= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Bentley Turner|nick=Hugh B. Turner|appt=21 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3412}}|end=c. 16 January, 1945|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when submarine lost}} |
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:07, 12 August 2021
| H.M.S. Porpoise (1932) | |
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| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down: | 22 Sep, 1931 |
| Launched: | 30 Aug, 1932 |
| Commissioned: | 11 Mar, 1933 |
| Sunk: | 16 Jan, 1945 |
H.M.S. Porpoise was one of six Grampus Class minelaying submarines completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned on 15 January, 1933 for service with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[1] Between October 1935 and July 1937, she she moved to the Second Submarine Flotilla.[2]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Guy C. Harris, 26 August, 1932[3] – 12 July, 1934[4]
- Commander Roderick L. M. Edwards, 12 July, 1934[5][6] – 23 June, 1936[7]
- Commander Frederick J. C. Halahan, 24 August, 1936[8] – 6 September, 1938
- Commander George W. G. Simpson, 31 August, 1938[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter Q. Roberts, 15 November, 1939[10] – 22 August, 1940[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Jack G. Hopkins, 22 August, 1940[12] – 26 September, 1941[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward F. Pizey, 26 September, 1941[14] – 11 May, 1942[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie W. A. Bennington, 11 May, 1942[16] – 25 January, 1943[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward A. Hobson, 25 January, 1943[18] – 7 March, 1943[19]
- Lieutenant in Command John B. de B. Kershaw, 7 March, 1943[20] – 6 May, 1943[21]
- Temporary Lieutenant S.A.N.F.(V) Allan H. MacCoy, 6 May, 1943[22] – 23 August, 1943[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hubert A. L. Marsham, 23 August, 1943[24] – 21 November, 1944[25]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander Hugh B. Turner, 21 November, 1944[26] – c. 16 January, 1945 (killed when submarine lost)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 263.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 262.
- ↑ Harris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/154. f. 154.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 262.
- ↑ Edwards Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/154. f. 154.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 263.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 25 July 1938, p. 19.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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