Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | V |
Pennant | P 95 |
Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
Ordered | 21 May 1942 |
Laid down | 30 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 23 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 1 Oct 1944 |
End service | |
History | Loaned to the Greek Navy as Argonaftis from May 1946 until 3 October 1958. Broke adrift from tow from Malta to the Tyne on 15 December 1958. Towed into Pasajes by fishing vessels on 6 January 1959. Sold to Spanish shipbreakers early 1961 and broken up in April 1961. |
Commands listed for HMS Virulent (P 95)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Stephen John Fovargue, RN | 15 May 1944 | 13 Mar 1945 |
2 | Lt. Francis Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, RN | 13 Mar 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Notable events involving Virulent include:
31 Dec 1944
HMS Unruly (T/Lt. D.J. Palmer, RNVR) and HMS Virulent (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) both departed Rothesay for Douglas, Isle of Man and Fishguard repectively. They were escorted by HMS Kihna (Cdr.(Retd.) T.J.T.C. Jenks, RN). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19243
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.