| Name: | VIRULENT |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Keel: | 30/03/1943 |
| Launched: | 23/05/1944 |
| Completed: | 01/10/1944 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 65 |
| Dimensions: | 545disp surf, 740disp subm, 180.0 x 16.0 x 12.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 8cyl (9.5 x 12ins), 800bhp; 2 x Electric motors, 760bhp |
| Engines by: | Davy Paxman diesels; GEC electric motors |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots surf, 9.0knots subm |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 3.0ins AA gun, 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 01/10/1944 | British Royal Navy |
| 29/05/1946 | Hellenic Navy; renamed ARGONAFTIS |
| 04/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the V Class of submarines |
| 29/05/1946: On loan to the Government of Greece | |
| 03/10/1958: Handed back to the British Government | |
| 15/12/1958: Broke adrift whilst on tow from Malta to the Tyne | |
| Subsequently found aground on the coast near Pasajes | |
| 06/01/1959: Towed into Pasajes by two Spanish trawlers | |
| 04/1961: Broken up at Pasajes, Spain |
Above photo, showing VIRULENT entering Pasajes, is copyright of Escafandra
Above photo, showing VIRULENT entering Pasajes, is copyright of Escafandra
Profile & Decks plan of a typical U/V Class (Group 2) courtesy of MP Cocker. Click HERE to enlarge
