HMS Onyx (S 73)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:acquisition Royal_Navy_in_1961
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:crewSize 70
gptkbp:decommissioned 1992
gptkbp:defeated no
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 2,300 tons
gptkbp:engineType four diesel engines
gptkbp:famousFor stealth operations
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped in 1994
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1962
1991
gptkbp:firstHeld 1985
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Onyx (S 73)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 90.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname Onyx
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_Falklands_War
gptkbp:notableOperations Cold_War_patrols
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:operationalHistory 31 years of service
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
depth of 300 meters
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1992
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
Astute-class submarines
gptkbp:secondaryMission intelligence gathering
gptkbp:sensors sonar
gptkbp:servedIn Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Oberon
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:supportRole submarine warfare training
gptkbp:torpedoSystem Mk 8 torpedoes