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Porpoise Class (1933) SSM 
Ships

Ship Pennant
No
Commissioned Decommission/
Loss
Note:

Porpoise

14M, 14N, N14

25-Apr-1933 16-Jan-1945 Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft Malacca Straits, 16-Jan-1945. Last British submarine to be lost in WW2.

Narwhal

45M, 45N, N45

28-Feb-1936 30-Jul-1940 Sunk by German aircraft , off Kristensand, Norway, 30-Jul-1940.

Rorqual

74M, 74N, N74

21-Nov-1936 1946 Sold scrapped 17-Mar-1946.

Grampus

56M, 56N, N56

10-Mar-1937 16-Jun-1940 Depth charged and sunk by Italian torpedo boats Circe and Clio off Syracuse, 16-Jun-1940.

Cachalot

84M, 84N, N84

15-Aug-1938 30-Jul-1941 Rammed and sunk by Italian torpedo boat Generale Achille Papa off Benghazi, Libya, 30-Jul-1941.

Seal

37M, 37N, N37

28-Jan-1939 04-May-1940 Mined in Kattegat 04-May-1940, later bombed by two Arado Ar 196 seaplanes, surrendered. Commissioned in German Navy 30-Nov-1940 as UB. Decommissioned 31-Jul-1941. Scuttled 03-May-1945 Heikendorf Bay. Salved and scrapped.

P411

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- - Cancelled.

P412

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- - Cancelled.

P413

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- - Cancelled.
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