HMS Orpheus (S 43)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
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:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:debutYear 1992
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1991
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 2,300 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:finalScore gptkb:Dundee,_Scotland
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1990
Gibraltar
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1961
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 43)
gptkbp:landmark high-resolution periscope
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Smith
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:maximumDepth 300 meters
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
Collision in 1985
gptkbp:notableOperations Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalRange 5000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 30 years
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:releaseYear 1991
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Astute
Astute-class submarines
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1991
Training exercises
gptkbp:servedIn Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Oberon
gptkbp:sonar active and passive sonar
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 6
Mk 8 torpedoes