For other ships of the same name, see HMS Orpheus.
HMS Orpheus (S11) | |
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Career (United Kingdom) | |
Owner: | RN |
Operator: | RN |
Builder: | Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down: | 8 April 1959 |
Launched: | 17 November 1959 |
Decommissioned: | 1990s |
In service: | 1960s-1990s |
General characteristics | |
Propulsion: | Diesel / Electric generator |
Notes: | scrapped 1994 |
HMS Orpheus was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Navy built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched on 17 November 1959. Orpheus attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[1]
She was in harbour service in 1987 and was broken up in 1994.
Commanding Officers[]
From | To | Captain |
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1977 | 1977 | Lieutenant Commander J B Taylor RN |
1978 | 1979 | Lieutenant Commander W R Pym RN |
1982 | 1984 | Lieutenant Commander Mark Stanhope RN |
References[]
- ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO
Publications[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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