HMS Grampus (N56)
- Displacement
- 1,810 long tons (1,839 t)
- Length
- 89.31 m (293 ft)
- Beam
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Speed
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h, 17.8 mph)
- Complement
- 59
Service
- as HMS Grampus10 March 1937 — 16 June 1940289 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Grampus
- Pennant / hull number
- N56
- Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Laid down
- 20 August 1934
- Launched
- 25 February 1936
- Commissioned
- 10 March 1937
- Fate
- Sunk, 16 June 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,810 long tons (1,839 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,157 long tons (2,192 t)
- Length
- 89.31 m (293 ft)
- Beam
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h, 17.8 mph)
- Complement
- 59
HMS Grampus was a Grampus-class submarine, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N56. Her keel was laid at Chatham Dockyard on 20 August 1934. Launched on 25 February 1936, she entered service on 10 March 1937.
Six ships of the class were built. The class followed the River-class submarine and was succeeded by the T class.
The boat displaced 1,810 long tons surfaced and 2,157 long tons submerged. She measured 89.3 m (293 ft) long with a beam of 7.6 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 15.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 59.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 3,300 hp.
She was in commission for 289 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 16 June 1940, at 37°05′N 17°30′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- 2 × shafts
- Power
- 3300 hp (diesel engines)
- 1630 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (bow) (12 torpedoes), 1 × 4 in deck gun, 50 × mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Grampus (N56) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.