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] By mid-1937, she was with the Second Submarine Flotilla.[2]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Guy C. Harris, 26 August, 1932[3]
- Commander Frederick J. C. Halahan, 24 August, 1936[4]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter Q. Roberts, 15 November, 1939[5] – 22 August, 1940[6]
- Lieutenant in Command John B. de B. Kershaw, 7 March, 1943[7] – 6 May, 1943[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 263.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 263.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
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