HMS Narwhal

Last updated December 28, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Narwhal, after the marine mammal, the narwhal:

HMS Narwhal (1915) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1915. She was involved in a collision in 1919 that broke her back, and was broken up in 1920.
HMS Narwhal (N45) was a Grampus-class submarine launched in 1935 and lost to an unknown cause in 1940. found in 2017
HMS Narwhal (S03) was a Porpoise-class submarine launched in 1957 and sunk as a target in 1983.

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HMS Narwhal was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. Launched on 30 December 1915, the vessel fought in the Battle of Jutland between 31 May and 1 June 1916 and subsequently served in anti-submarine and escort duties based at Cobh in Ireland. During February 1917, the destroyer rescued the crew of the Q-ship Farnborough, which had sunk and been sunk by the German submarine SM U-83, and rescued the armed merchantman Cameronia from SM U-50, The destroyer was transferred to Devonport during 1918 and, after the end of the war, was broken up there in 1920 after suffering a fatal collision the year before.

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