HMS Walrus (S08)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Walrus.
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Walrus |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Launched: | 22 September 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 10 February 1961 |
| Fate: |
Sold in 1987 Broken up in 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Porpoise class submarine |
| Displacement: | 2,080 tons surfaced 2,450 tons submerged |
| Length: | 290 ft (88 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Admiralty Standard range diesel generators, 1,650 hp (1.230 MW) 2 × English Electric main motors, 12,000 hp (8.95 MW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h) surfaced 17 kn (31 km/h)submerged |
| Range: | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 71 |
| Armament: | 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 bow, 2 stern 30 × Mk8 or Mk23 torpedoes, later the Mark 24 Tigerfish |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Lieutenanat Commander J S Lang RN |
| 1974 | 1976 | Lieutenant Commander Roger Lane-Nott RN |
| 1977 | 1977 | Lieutenant Commander M G Jones RN |
| 1978 | 1979 | Lieutenant Commander P P Jeanneret RN |
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. OCLC 67375475.