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HMS Porpoise (S01)

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Name
  
HMS Porpoise

Decommissioned
  
1982

Length
  
88 m

Builder
  
Vickers-Armstrongs

Commissioned
  
17 April 1958

Launched
  
25 April 1956

Draft
  
5.5 m

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Fate
  
Sunk as a target in 1985

Class and type
  
Porpoise class submarine

Displacement
  
2,080 tons surfaced 2,450 tons submerged

HMS Porpoise (S01) was a Porpoise-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 April 1956, commissioned on 17 April 1958, and was sunk as a target in 1985. She was decommissioned in 1982 and sunk as a target in 1985 in torpedo trials, for which purpose she was painted bright red. She had been used as a target while still serving with the Navy, in 1979 her casing, ballast tanks and vents were reinforced so that unarmed torpedoes could be fired at her without the risk of sinking her.

Accidents and incidents

Notable accidents involving HMS Porpoise
  • October 18th, 1963: Suffers superficial damage departing Portsmouth harbor after colliding with the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur.
  • January 1st, 1969 - Entangled in the nets of the French trawler Belle Poule.
  • April 18th, 1982 - HMS Porpoise became entangled in the fishing nets of the Irish trawler Sharelga. The Sharelga, after travelling backwards two miles for twenty minutes, capsized and sank.

    • References

    HMS Porpoise (S01) Wikipedia
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