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HMS Virulent (P95)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Virulent
Ordered21 May 1942
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down30 March 1943
Launched23 May 1944
Commissioned1 October 1944
IdentificationPennant number P95
FateLoaned to the Greek Navy, 29 May 1946
Greece
NameArgonaftis
Acquired29 May 1946
Out of service3 October 1958
IdentificationU15
Fate
  • Broke adrift on 15 December 1958 and stranded
  • Sold for scrapping in 1961
General characteristics
Class and typeV-class submarine
Displacement
  • 545 tons standard/658 tons full load surfaced
  • 740 tons submerged
Length204 ft 6 in (62.33 m)
Beam16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Draught15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
Propulsion2 shaft diesel-electric, 2 Paxman diesel generators + electric motors, 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW)
Speed
  • 11.25 knots (21 km/h) surfaced
  • 10 knots (19 km/h) submerged
Complement33 officers and men
Armament

HMS Virulent was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-class submarines ordered on 21 May 1942.

Vickers-Armstrongs built her at High Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne. She was laid down on 30 March 1943, launched on 23 May 1944, and commissioned on 1 October 1944.

Fate

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Virulent was lent to the Hellenic Navy as Argonaftis (U15) from 29 May 1946 until 3 October 1958. She was intended to be towed from Malta to the River Tyne. She broke adrift from the tow on 15 December 1958 and became stranded on the northern Spanish coast. She was then found and towed by two Spanish trawlers, the frigate Hernán Cortés and the patrol boat V-18 to Pasajes on 6 January 1959.[1] Sold to a Spanish scrap company in spring 1961, she was eventually scrapped in April 1961 at Pasajes.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Llega a pasajes el submarino encontrado por dos pesqueros españoles". ABC Madrid (in Spanish). 7 January 1959. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "HMS Virulent (P 95) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the V class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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