H.M.S. Narwhal (1935)
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H.M.S. Narwhal (1935) | |
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Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs |
Laid down: | 29 May, 1934 |
Launched: | 29 Aug, 1935 |
Commissioned: | 28 Feb, 1936 |
Sunk: | 23 Jul, 1940 |
H.M.S. Narwhal was one of six Grampus Class minelaying submarines completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
In mid 1937, she was in the Second Submarine Flotilla, two years into a command appointment under Lt. Cdr. John Ronald Stewart Brown.[1]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander John R. S. Brown, 21 August, 1935[2] – 18 September, 1937
- Lieutenant-Commander Ronald J. Burch, 26 February, 1940 – 23 July, 1940 (killed when sub lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
Grampus Class Minelaying Submarine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Porpoise | Grampus | Narwhal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rorqual | Cachalot | Seal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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