HMS Orpheus (N46)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Orpheus.

HMS Orpheus
History
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 on 27 June 1940
General characteristics
Displacement:	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:	Diesel-electric 2 × diesel engines, 4,600 hp 2 × electric motors, 350 hp 2 screws
Speed:	17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Range:	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:	8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads 1 × QF Mk XII deck gun 2 × Lewis machine guns

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 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 the 27 June 1940.