Submarines of the Hellenic Navy - HMS Virulent, Greek Submarine Argonaftis (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: HMS Virulent (P95) was a V-Class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built during the Second World War as part of the second batch (18 in number) of V-Class Submarines ordered on 21st May 1942. She was built by Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne), being laid down on 30th March 1943, launched on 23rd May 1944, and finally commissioned on 1st October 1944. Virulent was lent to the Hellenic Navy as Argonaftis (U15) from 29 May 1946 until 3rd October 1958. She was intended to be towed from Malta to the River Tyne for scrapping. She broke adrift from the tow on 15 December 1958 and was stranded on the Spanish coast. She was then towed to Pasajes on 6 January 1959, sold to Spanish scrap merchants in spring 1961 and eventually scrapped in April 1961 at Pasajes. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20094222