Английская Википедия:HMS Porpoise (S01)

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HMS Porpoise (S01) was a Porpoise-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 April 1956, commissioned on 17 April 1958,[1] and was decommissioned in 1982. Finally, she was sunk as a target in 1985[2] in torpedo trials, for which purpose she was painted bright red.

She had been used as a training 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.

In 2000, a glacier in East Greenland was named after her [1]

Commanding officers

From To Captain
1965 1966 Lieutenant Commander G R H Lloyd-Williams RN
1977 1977 Lieutenant Commander MJ Syme RN
1978 1979 Lieutenant Commander J L Milnes RN
1979 1981 Lt Commander N S R Kilgour CB

Accidents and incidents

Notable accidents involving HMS Porpoise
  • 18 October 1963: Suffered superficial damage departing Portsmouth harbor after colliding with the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur.
  • 1 January 1969 - Entangled in the nets of the French trawler Belle Poule.
  • 18 April 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.[3]
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A model of HMS Porpoise

References

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