Porpoise Crest

Large Patrol Submarine

 


Type:
Porpoise Class

'Attack Submarine' SSK

Pennant No.:
S01

Laid Down:
15th June 1954.
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.

Commissioned:
17th April 1958.
Lt. Cdr. B.C.G. Hutchings.

Commander:
Jan. 1958
Lt. Cdr. B.C.G. Hutchings.
Jan. 1960
Lt. Cdr. R.R. Squires.
Feb. 1961
Lt. Cdr. P.G.M. Herbert.
Apr. 1963
Lt. Cdr. R.H. Mann.
1965 - 1966
Lt. Cdr. G. R. H. Lloyd-Williams.
Feb. 1967
Lt. Cdr. D.F. Aylmer.
1978 - 1979
Lt. Cdr. J. L. Milnes.
1979 - 1981
Lt. Cdr. Kilgour.

Complement:
71
6 Officers and 65 Others.

Service Career:
1958 - 1960
3rd Sqdn, HMS Adamant, Faslane.
1961 - 1964
1st Sqdn, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
1964 - 1966
Refit
1965 - 1968
3rd Sqdn, HMS Maidstone, Faslane.
1968 - 1970
Refit - Portsmouth.
1970 - 1974
1st Sqdn, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
1974 - 1977
Refit - Rosyth.
1977 - 1982
3rd Sqdn, Faslane.

Fate:
Decommissioned 1982.
Placed on disposal list 1983.
Sunk as a target in 1985.