HMS Rorqual (N74)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rorqual.
HMS Rorqual (N74) was a British mine-laying submarine, one of the six ships of the Grampus class of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched 27 July 1936. She served in the Second World War in the Mediterranean and in the far east. She was the only Grampus-class submarine to survive the war, and she is considered the most successful minelaying submarine of World War II, sinking 57,704 GRT of enemy shipping, 35,951 of which through her mines.[1][2]
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Name | HMS Rorqual |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow |
Laid down | 1 May 1935 |
Launched | 27 July 1936 |
Commissioned | 10 February 1937 |
Fate | Sold on 19 November 1945, broken up on 17 March 1946 |
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Class and type | Grampus-class mine-laying submarine |
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Length | 293 ft (89 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
Draught | 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft, Diesel (3300 hp) plus electric (1630 hp) |
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Complement | 59 |
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