HMS Narwhal (S03)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Narwhal.
HMS Narwhal (S03)
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Narwhal
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Launched: 25 October 1957
Fate: Sunk as a target on 3 August 1985
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 Narwhal (S03) was a Porpoise class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 October 1957.

Narwhal ran aground at the entrance to Campbeltown Loch, Scotland, on 4 April 1960.[1] She was refloated the next day.[2]

In 1970 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days.[3]

She was scuttled as a target on 3 August 1985 and lies in the English Channel.[4]

Commanding officers

FromToCaptain
19641966Lieutenant-Commander R A Anderson RN
19701970Lieutenant-Commander O M Windle RN

References

  1. ↑ "Submarine Goes Aground". The Times (54738). London. 5 April 1960. col D, p. 12.
  2. ↑ "Grounded Submarine Towed Off". The Times (54739). London. 6 April 1960. col C, p. 6.
  3. ↑ Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth, 29th-31st August 1970, p25.
  4. ↑ url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77651

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