| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Grampus |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 20 August 1934 |
| Launched: | 25 February 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 10 March 1937 |
| Fate: | sunk 16 June 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,810 tons surfaced 2,157 tons submerged |
| Length: | 293 ft (89 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft, Diesel (3300 hp) plus electric (1630 hp) |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots surfaced 8.75 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 59 |
| Armament: | 6 x 21 in torpedo tubes (bow) 12 torpedoes 1 x 4 inch deck gun 50 mines |
HMS Grampus (N56) was the lead ship of the Grampus-class mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched 25 February 1936. She served in World War II off China before moving to the Mediterranean Sea. She was sunk by the Regia Marina on 16 June 1940.
On 16 June 1940, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander C. A. Rowe, Grampus was laying mines in the Syracuse and Augusta, Sicily area. She was seen by the Italian Spica class torpedo boat Circe, which was on anti-submarine patrol with Clio, Calliope, and Polluce. Within a very short time Grampus was destroyed. Wreckage came to the surface along with air bubbles and oil. Polluce was credited with the kill. There were no survivors. Some sources give the date of this action as 24 June 1940
See also
References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
External links
- HMS Grampus from uboat.net
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