HMS ''Porpoise'' (S01) was a ''Porpoise''-class submarine of the

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. She was launched on 25 April 1956, commissioned on 17 April 1958, and was decommissioned in 1982. Finally, she was sunk as a target in 1985 in torpedo trials, for which purpose she was painted bright red. She had been used as a training target while still serving with the Navy; in 1979 her casing, ballast tanks and vents were reinforced so that unarmed torpedoes could be fired at her without the risk of sinking. In 2000, a glacier in East Greenland was named after he

Commanding officers

Accidents and incidents

;Notable accidents involving HMS Porpoise * 18 October 1963: Suffered superficial damage departing Portsmouth harbor after colliding with the aircraft carrier HMS ''Centaur''. * 1 January 1969 - Entangled in the nets of the French trawler ''Belle Poule''. * 18 April 1982 - HMS Porpoise became entangled in the fishing nets of the Irish trawler ''Sharelga''. The ''Sharelga'', after travelling backwards two miles for twenty minutes, capsized and sank."The day 'Sharelga' was sunk by a sub"
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Porpoise British Porpoise-class submarines Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 1956 ships Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 1985