Oracle (S 16)
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | Sold 1992 Lost on tow Straits of Gibraltar November 2005 |
Oracle at North Pole
Oracle at North Pole
Oracle
Sold 1992 to Pounds Scrapyard Portsmouth where she lay leaning over at 45 degrees or more on HMS Otus Until October 2005 sold to a Turkish scrapyard for an undisclosed sum.
October 30th 2005 - Taken in tow by the tug Fairplay XIV for her demise in Turkey. According to a report from Gibraltar, the tug was monitored on radar heading east through the Straits of Gibraltar a week later, but at a speed to fast to be consistent for a tug and tow. The tug was subsequently tracked into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco where she remained for three days before mysteriously heading back towards Lisbon.
Events
| 26-09-1961 | Launched |
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