Ship Class: HMS Porpoise

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Ship Class	HMS Porpoise


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Ship	HMS Chachalot HMS Grampus HMS Narwhal HMS Porpoise HMS Rorqual HMS Seal

Ship Type	Submarine

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1931 Jan 01	1946 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	1 810ton	87.782m	9.093m	4.191m	59	354

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed
	2	3 300hp	15.75kt

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	150ton	5 880mile	9.3kt	22.893day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 2:Torpedo Model	5) 4:Image
	Torpedo 6 X BR 21in Mark VIII**		BR 21in Mark VIII**
	Mine 50
	Gun 1 X BR 4in 40cal QF Mark IV XII XXII SI Submarine	BR 4in 40cal QF Mark IV XII XXII SI Submarine
	Gun 2 X BR 0.303in Lewis Gun	BR 0.303in Lewis Gun

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder	Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	Class Building Cost Pound Sterling
	6	Chatham Dockyard Scotts Vickers Armstrong At Barrow	350 000	190.3	2 100 000

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Operated As Formation
	1889 1946 Great Britain Germany 1917 1941 Great Britain Russia 1922 1944 Great Britain Italy 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan	RN 1st Submarine Flotilla \| RN 4th Submarine Flotilla \| RN 5th Submarine Flotilla

Submarine Ship Classes
	Submerged Displacement	Relative Surface Bouyancy Percent	Maximum Water Depth	Normal Submerged	Max Submerged	Submerged Range	Submerged Cruising	Torpedo Tubes
	2 157ton	19.171	66m	1 630hp	8.75kt	64mile	4kt	6

Submarine Ship Classes
	Hull Type	Submarine Role
	Double Hulled	Minelayer

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