HMS Orpheus (N46)
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![]() HMS Orpheus
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Class and type | Odin class submarine |
Name | HMS Orpheus |
Builder | William Beardmore and Company (Clyde) |
Laid down | 14 April 1927 |
Launched | 26 February 1929 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1930 |
Fate | Sunk, 27 June 1940 |
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Displacement |
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Length | 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draught | 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m) |
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Test depth | 300 ft (91 m) |
Complement | 53-55 officers and men |
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HMS Orpheus (N46) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Beardmore and Company on the Clyde on 14 April 1927, launched on 26 February 1929 and commissioned on 23 September 1930.
Loss[]
Orpheus was depth charged and sunk by the Italian destroyer Turbine in the Mediterranean sea while on patrol north of Tobruk on 27 June 1940.
References[]
Categories:
- Odin-class submarines of the Royal Navy
- 1929 ships
- Ships built on the River Clyde
- World War II submarines of the United Kingdom
- Maritime incidents in June 1940
- World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
- Submarines sunk by Italian warships