H.M.S. Porpoise (1932): Difference between revisions

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H.M.S. Porpoise was one of six Grampus Class minelaying submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Commissioned on 15 January, 1933 for service with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.^[1] Between October 1935 and July 1937, she she moved to the Second Submarine Flotilla.^[2]

Lieutenant-Commander Guy C. Harris, 26 August, 1932^[3] – 12 July, 1934^[4]
Commander Roderick L. M. Edwards, 12 July, 1934^[5]^[6] – 23 June, 1936^[7]
Commander Thomas M. Taylor, 23 June, 1936^[8] – c. late August, 1936^[9] (vice Edwards)
Commander Frederick J. C. Halahan, 24 August, 1936^[10] – 6 September, 1938
Commander George W. G. Simpson, 31 August, 1938^[11]
Lieutenant-Commander Peter Q. Roberts, 15 November, 1939^[12] – 22 August, 1940^[13]
Lieutenant-Commander Jack G. Hopkins, 22 August, 1940^[14] – 26 September, 1941^[15]
Lieutenant-Commander Edward F. Pizey, 26 September, 1941^[16] – 11 May, 1942^[17]
Lieutenant-Commander Leslie W. A. Bennington, 11 May, 1942^[18] – 25 January, 1943^[19]
Lieutenant in Command Edward A. Hobson, 25 January, 1943^[20] – 7 March, 1943^[21]
Lieutenant in Command John B. de B. Kershaw, 7 March, 1943^[22] – 6 May, 1943^[23]
Temporary Lieutenant S.A.N.F.(V) Allan H. MacCoy, 6 May, 1943^[24] – 23 August, 1943^[25]
Lieutenant-Commander Hubert A. L. Marsham, 23 August, 1943^[26] – 21 November, 1944^[27]
Acting Lieutenant-Commander Hugh B. Turner, 21 November, 1944^[28] – c. 16 January, 1945 (killed when submarine lost)

Grampus Class Minelaying Submarine

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 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards|nick=Roderick L. M. Edwards|appt=12 July, 1934<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/154.|}}  f. 154.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 262}}|end=23 June, 1936<ref>Edwards Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/154.|}}  f. 154.</ref>}}
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+{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Mark Taylor|nick=Thomas M. Taylor|appt=23 June, 1936<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/61.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=c. late August, 1936<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/61.|}} f. 61.</ref>|note=vice Edwards}}
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