HMS Walrus (S08)
HMS Walrus (S08) was the last of the Porpoise class submarines of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 22 September 1959, and commissioned on 10 February 1961.[1]
.jpg) HMS Walrus (S08) and other ships in Kiel harbour, Germany | |
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| Name: | HMS Walrus |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1958 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 10 February 1961 |
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| Class and type: | Porpoise class submarine |
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| Length: | 290 ft (88 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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| Range: | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 71 |
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Royal Navy Service
On one occasion during exercises with HMS Ark Royal (R09) an error resulted in a practice torpedo becoming embedded in the submarine's casing.[2]
Following an 18-month refit at Devonport Dockyard she commissioned for the third time on 3 December 1969. In 1970 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days[3] Walrus also attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[4]
She was sold in 1987 to the Seaforth Group to be refitted for resale to Egypt, but was broken up at Grimsby in 1991.
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
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| 1961 | 1962 | Lieutenant Commander John Fieldhouse RN |
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant Commander M C Bourdillon RN |
| 1970 | 1970 | Lieutenant Commander H K P Michell RN |
| 1971 | 1972 | Lieutenant Commander A W M Stephens RN |
| 1972 | 1973 | Lieutenant Commander J S Lang RN |
| 1974 | 1976 | Lieutenant Commander Roger Lane-Nott RN |
| 1977 | 1977 | Lieutenant Commander M G Jones RN |
| 1977 | 1978 | Lieutenant Commander H Keay RN |
| 1978 | 1979 | Lieutenant Commander P P Jeanneret RN |
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References
- Submarines of The Royal Navy. Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-00-9.
- Tall, J.J; Paul Kemp (1996). HM Submarines in Camera An Illustrated History of British Submarines. Sutton Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 0-7509-0875-0.
- Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth, 29th-31st August 1970, p19.
- 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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