HMS Orion (S 69)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 28 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1960
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:decommissioned 1992
gptkbp:defeated No
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 2,300 tons
gptkbp:draft 12 feet
gptkbp:electronic_warfare ECM_systems
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:V16_diesel_engines
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkb:Captain_Robert_White
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1991
1992
gptkbp:firstPublished No
gptkbp:height 8.5 meters
gptkbp:homePort Gibraltar
Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orion (S 69)
gptkbp:launched 1959
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 90 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Orion
gptkbp:notableEvent Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:notableFeature Intelligence gathering
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 32 years
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Astute
gptkbp:secondaryMission Surveillance_patrols
gptkbp:serviceStartDate 1960
1992
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:sonar active and passive sonar systems
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 6