HMS Orpheus (S 73)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 28 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1994
Dundee
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:communicationEquipment UHF_and_VHF_radios
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1991
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1991
age and modernization
gptkbp:displacement 2,300 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:electronic_warfare ECM_systems
gptkbp:engineType four diesel engines
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:North_Sea
1990
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 73)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Orpheus
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:navigationEquipment GPS and inertial navigation
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableFeature intelligence gathering
snorkel system
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalHistory Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Grapple
gptkbp:productionYears 30 years
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy Astute-class submarine
Trafalgar-class submarine
gptkbp:secondaryMission surveillance_patrols
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Oberon_(S_10)
gptkbp:sonar active and passive sonar systems
Type 1007 sonar
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:supportRole submarine warfare training
gptkbp:torpedoSystem conventional submarine
Mk 8 torpedoes
gptkbp:trainingExercises submarine escape training