HMS Walrus (S08)
![]() 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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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]
Royal Navy Service
[edit]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.
Notable commanding officers
[edit]Notable commanding officers include Lieutenant Commander John Fieldhouse (1961–1962) and Lieutenant Commander Roger Lane-Nott (1974–1976).
References
[edit]- ^ Submarines of The Royal Navy. Maritime Books. 1983. 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
[edit]- 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.