HMS Cachalot (S06)

HMS Cachalot (S06) was a Porpoise-class submarine. Her keel was laid down on 1 August 1955 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock. She was launched on 11 December 1957, and commissioned on 1 September 1959.

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

HMS Cachalot (S06)
History
United Kingdom
Builder:
Cost: £2,340,000 [1]
Laid down: 1 August 1955
Launched: 11 December 1957
Commissioned: 1 September 1959
Fate: Sold for scrap, 12 November 1979
General characteristics
Displacement:
  • 2,080 tons surfaced
  • 2,450 tons submerged
Length: 290 ft (88 m)
Beam: 26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Draught: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × ASR 16VVS AS21 diesel generators totalling 3680 bhp (2,740 kW)
  • 2 × English Electric main motors totalling 12000 hp (895 kW) driving two shafts
  • 2 × 880 V batteries each of 224 cells
Speed: 12 knots surfaced, 17 knots submerged
Complement: 64
Armament:
  • 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) stern torpedo tubes
  • 30 torpedoes could be carried (usually Mk8 or Mk23) or mines

Cachalot attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[2]

She was sold on 12 November 1979 for breaking up at Blyth.

References
  1. The Times (London), Saturday, 8 April 1961, p.6
  2. Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO

Publications
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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