Name HMS Virulent Laid down 30 March 1943 Identification pennant number P95 Launched 23 May 1944 Draft 4.65 m | Ordered 21 May 1942 Commissioned 1 October 1944 Construction started 30 March 1943 Length 62 m Builder Vickers-Armstrongs | |
Out of service Lent to the Greek Navy, 29 May 1946 | ||
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.
She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne), being laid down on 30 March 1943, launched on 23 May 1944, and finally commissioned on 1 October 1944.
Fate
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 and the frigate Hernán Cortés to Pasajes on 6 January 1959. Sold to a Spanish scrap company in spring 1961, she was eventually scrapped in April 1961 at Pasajes.