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Grampus class submarine

HMS Porpoise-1-.jpg
Class overview
Name: Grampus-class submarine
Preceded by: River class
Succeeded by: T class
Completed: 6
Lost: 5
Retired: 1
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement:
  • 1,768 tons (Porpoise), 1,810 tons (others) surfaced
  • 2,035 tons (Porpoise), 2,157 tons (others) submerged
Length: 289 ft (88 m) (Porpoise), 293 ft (89 m) (others)
Beam: 29 ft 10 in (9.09 m) (Porpoise), 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (others)
Draught: 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) (Porpoise), 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) (others)
Propulsion: 2 shaft, Diesel (3300 hp) plus electric (1630 hp)
Speed:
  • 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced
  • 8.75 knots (16.21 km/h; 10.07 mph) submerged
Complement: 59
Armament:

The Grampus-class submarines were a group of minelaying submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. These boats are sometimes referred to as the Porpoise class from the single prototype, HMS Porpoise built in 1932. Five boats to a modified design were built between 1936 and 1938. The ships were all named after marine mammals.

The mines were stored in a special "gallery" with a conveyor belt built into the outer casing as pioneered by the converted M-class submarine HMS M3. These boats were of a saddle tank type.

Boats of this class were used extensively in the Mediterranean, particularly to supply the besieged island of Malta in a service nicknamed the "magic carpet".

Only one, HMS Rorqual, survived the war.

Coordinates: 37°05′N 17°30′E / 37.083°N 17.500°E / 37.083; 17.500


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