HMS Walrus (S08)
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NameHMS Walrus
Laid down12 February 1958
Launched22 September 1959
.jpg) HMS Walrus (S08) and other ships in Kiel harbour, Germany | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Walrus |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
| Laid down | 12 February 1958 |
| Launched | 22 September 1959 |
| Commissioned | 10 February 1961 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Porpoise class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 290 ft (88 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 71 |
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HMS Walrus (S08) was the last of the Porpoise class submarines of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 22 September 1959, and commissioned on 10 February 1961.[1]
On one occasion during exercises with HMS Ark Royal (R09) an error resulted in a practice torpedo becoming embedded in the submarine's casing.[2]
Following an 18-month refit at Devonport Dockyard she commissioned for the third time on 3 December 1969. In 1970 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days[3] Walrus also attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[4]
She was sold in 1987 to the Seaforth Group to be refitted for resale to Egypt, but was broken up at Grimsby in 1991.
