HMS Cachalot (S06)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cachalot.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: |
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock (Scotland) |
| Cost: | £2,340,000 [1] |
| Laid down: | 1 August 1955 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1957 |
| Commissioned: | 1 September 1959 |
| Fate: | Broken up |
| 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 x ASR 16VVS AS21 diesel generators totalling 3680 bhp (2,740 kW) 2 x English Electric main motors totalling 12000 hp (895 kW) driving two shafts 2 x 880 V batteries each of 224 cells |
| Speed: | 12 knots surfaced, 17 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 64 |
| Armament: | 6 x 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 2 x 21 inch (533 mm) stern torpedo tubes 30 torpedoes could be carried (usually Mk8 or Mk23) or mines |
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.
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.
Commanding Officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1966 | Lieutenant Commander D J D Strang RN |
| 1974 | 1976 | Lieutenant Commander R S Wraith RN |
| 1976 | 1977 | Lieutenant Commander N J K Crews RN |
References
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. OCLC 67375475.