HMS Orpheus (S 44)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Orpheus_%28S_44%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 28 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1960
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:decommissioned 1991
gptkbp:defeated No
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 1,800 tons
2,200 tons
2,400 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1961
1991
gptkbp:firstHeld 1985
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 44)
gptkbp:launched 1959
gptkbp:launchSite Birkenhead
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:nickname Orpheus
gptkbp:notableOperations Cold_War_patrols
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus 300 meters
retired
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar surface search radar
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:sensors sonar
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:serviceStartDate 1960
1991
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkb:HMS_Onyx
gptkb:HMS_Odin
gptkb:HMS_Oracle
gptkb:HMS_Otus
gptkbp:sonar Type 1007
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 8
Mk 8 torpedo