HMS Orpheus (S 53)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 28 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1994
Dundee
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1960
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:decommissioned 1992
1992-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 2,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:engineType four-stroke diesel engine
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkb:Captain_Robert_White
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1991
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:golfingEvents yes
gptkbp:height 8.5 meters
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 53)
gptkbp:landmark yes
gptkbp:launched 1959
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 90 meters
gptkbp:nickname Orpheus
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_Falklands_War_preparations
gptkbp:notableOperations Cold_War_patrols
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 1960-1992
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar surface search radar
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Astute
gptkbp:secondaryMission training exercises
gptkbp:sensors sonar
gptkbp:serviceStartDate 1960
1992
gptkbp:serviceYears 32
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Odin
gptkbp:sonar active/passive sonar
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 6