HMS Orpheus (S 94)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Submarine
gptkbp:acquisition scrap dealers
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:beam 28 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Oberon-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 70
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1991
gptkbp:defeated 1992
gptkbp:deployedTo Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:displacement 2,500 tons
2,300 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:electronic_warfare ECM_systems
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finaleDate gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped in 1994
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1990
gptkbp:firstPublished 1980
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_submarine_operations
gptkbp:homePort Faslane
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orpheus (S 94)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Smith
gptkbp:length 295 feet
gptkbp:maximumDepth 300 meters
gptkbp:nickname Orpheus
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableFeature intelligence gathering
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Grapple
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1991
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy Astute-class submarines
Trafalgar-class submarines
gptkbp:sensors sonar
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sonar Type 1007 sonar
gptkbp:speed 17 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Ocelot_(S_17)
gptkbp:technology advanced sonar systems
gptkbp:torpedoSystem Mk 8 torpedoes