HMS Virulent (P95)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Virulent |
| Ordered: | 21 May 1942 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
| Laid down: | 30 March 1943 |
| Launched: | 23 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 1 October 1944 |
| Out of service: | Lent to the Greek Navy, 29 May 1946 |
| Identification: | pennant number P95 |
 Greece
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| Name: | Argonaftis |
| Acquired: | 29 May 1946 |
| Out of service: | 3 October 1958 |
| Identification: | U15 |
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| Class and type: | V-class submarine |
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| Length: | 204 ft 6 in (62.33 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel-electric, 2 Paxman diesel generators + electric motors, 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW) |
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| Complement: | 33 officers and men |
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HMS Virulent was a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-class submarines ordered on 21 May 1942.
She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne), being laid down on 30 March 1943, launched on 23 May 1944, and finally commissioned on 1 October 1944.
Fate
Virulent was lent to the Hellenic Navy as Argonaftis (U15) from 29 May 1946 until 3 October 1958. She was intended to be towed from Malta to the River Tyne. She broke adrift from the tow on 15 December 1958 and was stranded on the northern Spanish coast. She was then found and towed by two Spanish trawlers and the frigate Hernán Cortés to Pasajes on 6 January 1959.[1] Sold to Spanish scrap merchants in spring 1961, she was eventually scrapped in April 1961 at Pasajes.
Notes
- ↑ "Llega a pasajes el submarino encontrado por dos pesqueros españoles". ABC Madrid (in Spanish). 7 January 1959. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- HMS Virulent at Uboat.net
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