HMS Orpheus (S 48)

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 26 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissionDate 1960-01-01
gptkbp:commissioned 1960
gptkbp:communicationEquipment HF_and_VHF_radios
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 70 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1992
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1992-12-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:displacement 2,200 tons
2,400 tons
gptkbp:draft 14 feet
gptkbp:electronic_warfare ECM_systems
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:V16_diesel_engines
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1993
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1991
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Devonport
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 48)
gptkbp:internationalExercises NATO_exercises
gptkbp:landmark Type 182 periscope
gptkbp:launchDate 1959-06-15
gptkbp:launched 1959
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:navigationEquipment Inertial navigation system
gptkbp:nickname Orpheus
gptkbp:notableFeature Collision in 1985
gptkbp:notableOperations Patrols_in_the_North_Atlantic
gptkbp:numberBuilt S 48
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
Decommissioned
gptkbp:productionYears 32 years
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Ambush
gptkbp:retirementYear Aging fleet
gptkbp:secondaryRole Submarine warfare
gptkbp:serviceStartDate 1960
1992
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Odin
gptkbp:sonar Type 1007 sonar
gptkbp:soundtrack Decoys
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Astute
Astute-class submarine
gptkbp:supportRole Submarine_training_exercises
gptkbp:torpedoSystem Mk 8 torpedoes