Name / Name : | HMS Walrus | |
Type / Type : | submarine | |
Grade / Class : | Porpoise | |
Codename / Pennant : | S08 | |
Keel based / Laid down : | 12.2.1958 | |
Run to the water / Launched : | 22.9.1959 | |
Putting into service / Commissioned by : | 8.2.1961 | |
Disposals / End service : | 12.1986 | |
Shipyard / Built by : | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.Ltd., Greenock, United Kingdom | |
Commanders / Commanders : | | |
Sunken ships / Sunk ships : | | |
Note / Note : | In January 1987 the submarine was sold to the company, which sub should I fix and sell to Egypt. The submarine was 2.2.1987 renamed the Seaforth And.,but the sale did not materialize and so it was the same year sold for scrap. |
Sources:
Pejčoch, Ivo, Novák, Zdeněk, Hájek, Tomáš: warships[7]. 1.edition, Prague:the Ares s. r. o. 1998, 353str.,ISBN 80-86158-08-X
en.wikipedia.org
www.submariners.co.uk
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