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	HMS Orpheus
History
Name	HMS Orpheus
Builder	William Beardmore and Company (Clyde)
Laid down	14th April 1927
Launched	26th February 1929
Commissioned	23rd September 1930
Fate	Sunk on 27th June 1940
General characteristics
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 1,781 tons surfaced; 2,038 tons submerged
Length	283 ft 6 in (86.41 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); Diesel-electric; 2 × diesel engines, 4,600 hp; 2 × electric motors, 350 hp; 2 screws
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced ; 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Range	list error: <br /> list (help); 8,400 nmi (15,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) surfaced; 70 nmi (130 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)
Complement	53-55 officers and men
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); • 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads; • 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XII deck gun; • 2 × Lewis machine guns

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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 the 14th April 1927, launched on 26th February 1929 and commissioned on 23rd September 1930.

Orpheus was depth charged and sunk by the Italian destroyer Turbine in the Mediterranean sea while on patrol north of Tobruk on the 27th June 1940.

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-'''HMS ''Oberon ''''' was an {{sclass/core|Odin|submarine||||format=sclass-}} of the [[Royal Navy]].
+'''HMS ''Orpheus'' (N46)''' was an [[Odin class submarine|O-class]] [[submarine]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. She was laid down by William Beardmore and Company on the Clyde on the 14th April 1927, launched on 26th February 1929 and commissioned on 23rd September 1930.
-== Service History ==
-''Oberon ''was the first of the O-Class submarines. She was laid down on 24 September 1926 at the [[Chatham Dockyard]]. She was commissioned on 24 August 1927. On 11 October 1935, she collided with the [[destroyer]] {{HMS|Thanet|H29|2}} at [[Devonport, Plymouth|Devonport]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title = HMS Oberon (N 21)  of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the O class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3391.html|website = uboat.net|accessdate = 2015-05-02}}</ref> Placed in reserve in 1937, ''Oberon ''was recommissioned on 2 August 1939 and was used for training during [[World War II]]. She was decommissioned at [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]] on 5 July 1944 and was sold for scrap on 24 August 1945.
-== References ==
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+''Orpheus'' was [[depth charge]]d and sunk by the Italian destroyer ''Turbine'' in the Mediterranean sea while on patrol north of Tobruk on the 27th June 1940.
-{{British Odin class submarine}}
+==References==
-[[Category:Chatham-built ships]]
-[[Category:1926 ships]]
-[[Category:Odin-class submarines of the Royal Navy]]
-[[Category:World War II submarines of the United Kingdom]]