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HMS Grampus (N56)
HMS ''Grampus'' (N56) was the lead ship of Grampus-class submarine, her class of Naval mine, mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and ship naming and launching, launched on 25 February 1936. She served in World War II off China before moving to the Mediterranean Sea. She was sunk with all hands by the ''Regia Marina'' on 16 June 1940. On 16 June 1940, under the command of Lieutenant commander, Lieutenant Commander C. A. Rowe, ''Grampus'' laid mines in the Syracuse, Italy, Syracuse and Augusta, Sicily area. She was seen by the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Italian torpedo boat Italian torpedo boat Circe, ''Circe'', which was on Anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine patrol with , , and Italian torpedo boat Polluce, ''Polluce''. Within a very short time, ''Grampus'' was destroyed. Wreckage came to the surface along with air bubbles and oil. ''Polluce'' was credited with the kill. There were no survivors. Some sources give the date of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Grampus may refer to: Animals *''Grampus'', the genus and another name for Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' *A synonym of the genus ''Orcinus'' *Another name for ''Orcinus orca'', the killer whale or orca *Another name for the hellbender, a species of salamander *Another name for ''Mastigoproctus giganteus'', a species of whip scorpion Ships *CSS Grampus, CSS ''Grampus'', an American river steamer built in 1856 and used by the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War *, the name of a number of Royal Navy ships and submarines *, a fisheries research and fish-culture ship in commission with the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries from 1886 to 1903 and as USFS ''Grampus'' with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1903 to 1917 *, the name of a number of ships of the United States Navy *Grampus-class submarine, ''Grampus''-class submarines, a group of minelaying submarines built for the British Royal Navy in the late 1930s *''Grampus'', a fictional sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |