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HMS ''Narwhal'' (N45) was one of the six ship class of ''Grampus''-class mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched 29 August 1935. She served in the Second World War in home waters. She was lost in the North Sea on 23 July 1940, and had probably been sunk by German aircraft. ==Career== She had a brief but eventful career in wartime service. In February 1940 she helped HMS ''Imogen'' and HMS ''Inglefield'' to sink ''U-63'' south east of the Shetland Islands and in May ''Narwhal'' torpedoed and sank the German troop transport and torpedoed and damaged the troop transport . ''Bahia Castillo'' reached port but was declared a total loss. The greatest number of kills were caused by her mines. The German auxiliary minesweepers M 1302 / ''Schwaben'', M 1102/''H.A.W. Möllerthe'', ''Gnom 7'', ''Kobold 1'' and ''Kobold 3''; the German minesweeper ''M 11''; German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ D / ''Treff VIII''; the armed trawler V 1109 / ''Antares'' and the Swedish merchant were all sunk on mines laid by ''Narwhal''. Ships damaged by mines laid by ''Narwhal'' included: the armed trawler V 403 / ''Deutschland'', the German merchants ''Togo'' and ''Clara M. Russ''. The auxiliary minesweeper M 1101 / ''Fock und Hubert'' and the German merchant ''Palime'' also struck some of ''Narwhal's'' mines. They were successfully beached but declared total losses. Credit is often given to ''Narwhal'' for sinking the Norwegian fishing vessel ''Arild'', but in reality ''Arild'' hit a German defensive mine.〔(HMS Narwhal ), Uboat.net〕 ''Narwhal'' may also have claimed the ''U-1'' which disappeared on patrol on 6 April 1940, having been scheduled to sail unknowingly through a minefield ''Narwhal'' had laid earlier that day. Alternatively, ''Narwhal's'' sister, ''Porpoise'', reported firing upon an unknown submarine, which may account for ''U-1s loss. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Narwhal (N45)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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