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HMS Porpoise (1933) SSM  (10th)

     
This the tenth ship to carry the name HMS Porpoise was the name ship of a class of six minelaying submarines.

Built by Vickers-Armstrong of Barrow-in-Furness, launched 30-Aug-1932 and completed 1933.

Took part in the King George V Silver Jubilee Fleet Review 16-Jul-1935.

Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft 19-Jan-1945 in the Malacca Strait. The last Royal Navy submarine to be lost in WW2.

Won the Battle Honours: Norway 1940, Atlantic 1940-41, Malta Convoys 1942, Mediterranean 1942 and Malaya 1944.

 

Other HMS Porpoise
- 1st  HMS Porpoise
- 2nd HMS Porpoise
- 3rd HMS Porpoise
- 4th HMS Porpoise
- 5th HMS Porpoise
- 6th HMS Porpoise
- 7th HMS Porpoise
- 8th HMS Porpoise
- 9th HMS Porpoise
- 10th HMS Porpoise
- 11th HMS Porpoise

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This page last edited - 13 February, 2013.

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