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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Commissioned on 21 November, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 269}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rorqual''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rorqual''" nat=UK> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Denis Vaughan Sprague|nick=Denis V. Sprague|appt=1 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 269}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Revision as of 12:16, 12 July 2018
H.M.S. Rorqual (1936) | |
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Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs |
Laid down: | 1 May, 1935 |
Launched: | 27 Jul, 1936 |
Commissioned: | 10 Feb, 1937 |
Sold: | 19 Nov, 1945 |
H.M.S. Rorqual was one of six Grampus Class minelaying submarines completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned on 21 November, 1936.[1]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Denis V. Sprague, 1 September, 1936[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Grampus Class Minelaying Submarine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Porpoise | Grampus | Narwhal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rorqual | Cachalot | Seal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | River Class | Submarines (UK) |