HMS Orpheus (N46)

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|Ship country=United Kingdom

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|Ship class=Odin class submarine

|Ship name=HMS Orpheus

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|Ship builder=William Beardmore and Company (Clyde)

|Ship laid down=14 April 1927

|Ship launched=26 February 1929

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|Ship commissioned=23 September 1930

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|Ship fate=Sunk, 27 June 1940

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|Ship displacement=*1,781 tons surfaced

• 2,038 tons submerged

|Ship length={{convert|283|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|16|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*Diesel-electric

• 2 × diesel engines, 4,600 hp
• 2 × electric motors, 350 hp
• 2 screws

|Ship speed=*{{convert|17.5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} surfaced

• {{convert|9|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} submerged

|Ship range=*{{convert|8400|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} surfaced

• {{convert|70|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} submerged

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|Ship test depth={{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship complement=53-55 officers and men

|Ship armament=*8 × British 21 inch torpedo torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads

• 1 × QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
• 2 × Lewis machine guns

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