HMS Orpheus (S 64)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 28 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1960
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:decommissioned 1991
gptkbp:deployedTo Anti-submarine warfare training
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:displacement 2,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:electronic_warfare ECM_systems
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped in 1994
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_A._B._Jones
gptkb:Captain_C._D._Brown
gptkb:Captain_D._E._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1990
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Devonport
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 64)
gptkbp:launched 1959
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 295 feet
gptkbp:maximumDepth 1,000 feet
gptkbp:nickname Orpheus
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
Collision in 1985
gptkbp:notableOperations Patrols_in_the_North_Sea
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 31 years
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1006 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Astute
Astute-class submarine
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1991
Training exercises
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:serviceStartDate 1960
1991
gptkbp:serviceYears 1991
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Odin
gptkbp:sonar Type 1007 sonar
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot
gptkbp:supportRole Submarine_training
gptkbp:survivability high
gptkbp:torpedoSystem Mk 8 torpedoes