H.M.S. Rorqual (1936)

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H.M.S. Rorqual (1936)
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs
Laid down: 1 May, 1935
Launched: 21 Jul, 1936[1]
Commissioned: 10 Feb, 1937[2]
Sold: 19 Nov, 1945

H.M.S. Rorqual was one of six Grampus Class minelaying submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 21 November, 1936 for duty with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 18 Nov. 1936, p. 20.
  2. "New Submarine." The Times (London, England), 10 Feb. 1937, p. 20.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 269.
  4. "New Submarine." The Times (London, England), 10 Feb. 1937, p. 20.
  5. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.


Grampus Class Minelaying Submarine
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