HMS Grampus (N56)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Grampus.

History
HMS Grampus (N56)

Name:	HMS Grampus
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down:	20 August 1934
Launched:	25 February 1936
Commissioned:	10 March 1937
Fate:	sunk, 16 June 1940
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Grampus-class submarine
Displacement:	1,810 long tons (1,840 t) (surfaced) 2,157 long tons (2,192 t) (submerged)
Length:	293 ft (89 m)
Beam:	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught:	16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
Installed power:	3,300 hp (2,500 kW) (diesel engines) 1,630 hp (1,220 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion:	2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors 2 × shafts
Speed:	15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) (surfaced) 8.75 kn (10.07 mph; 16.21 km/h) (submerged)
Complement:	59
Armament:	6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (bow) (12 torpedoes), 1 × 4 in (100 mm) deck gun, 50 × mines

HMS Grampus (N56) was the lead ship of her class of mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 25 February 1936. She served in the Second World War off China before moving to the Mediterranean Sea. She was sunk with all hands by the Regia Marina on 16 June 1940.

On 16 June 1940, under the command of Lieutenant Commander C. A. Rowe, Grampus was laying mines in the Syracuse and Augusta, Sicily area. She was seen by the Italian Spica-class torpedo boat Circe, which was on anti-submarine patrol with Clio, Calliope, and Polluce. Within a very short time, Grampus was destroyed. Wreckage came to the surface along with air bubbles and oil. Polluce was credited with the kill. There were no survivors. Some sources give the date of this action as 24 June 1940.

Notes

References

Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7.
Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6.
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.
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
McCartney, Innes (2006). British Submarines 1939–1945. New Vanguard. 129. Oxford, UK: Osprey. ISBN 1-84603-007-2.

External links

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Coordinates: 37°5′N 17°30′E / 37.083°N 17.500°E / 37.083; 17.500

Grampus-class submarines

Cachalot Grampus Narwhal Porpoise Rorqual Seal

Preceded by: River class Followed by: T class List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1940

Shipwrecks	1 Jun: HMS Basilisk, Foudroyant, HMS Havant, Ioanna, HMS Keith, Scotia 7 Jun: HMS Carinthia 8 Jun: HMS Acasta, HMS Ardent, HMS Glorious, HMT Juniper 9 Jun: Max Wolf, Prins Olav 10 Jun: Olterra 11 Jun: Bruges 12 Jun: HMS Calypso 13 Jun: HNLMS O 13, HMS Odin, Train Ferry No. 2 15 Jun: HMS Andania 16 Jun: HMS Grampus 17 Jun: Champlain, HMS Lancastria, Ingénieur Riebell 18 Jun: Clemenceau, Cyclone, Dordogne 19 Jun: Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale Liuzzi 29 Jun: Uebi Scebeli Unknown date: U-122

Other incidents	9 Jun: Empire Commerce 10 Jun: Barbana G, Monte Piana 25 Jun: HMS Calcutta

1939 1940 1941 May 1940 July 1940

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