| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | B |
| Fate: | Converted to Surface Patrol Craft and renamed S7 for service on the Otranto Barrage. Sold October 1919 and scrapped in Malta. |
1914: At Gibraltar
Adriatic Squadron, 1915. Marco Polo, Venice.
Attacked by Austrian aircraft during June of 1916. The Commanding Officer was so badly affected by this attack that he never went to sea in a submarine again.
Renamed S7 after being converted to a patrol boat.
| 30-11-1905 | Launched |
| 27-03-1906 | Completed |
| Length overall | 142 ft |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| Displacement | Surface 287 tons |
| Submerged 316 tons | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 7 knots (design) |
| Surface 6.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 13 to 13.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 12 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 740 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 22.5 miles | |
| Complement | 2 x Officers, 13 x Ratings |
Orpheus (S 11) |
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| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O2a |
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Fate: Orpheus was paid of in January 1987. Broken Up 1994 |
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U-571 Stars Matthew McCaughney, Bill Paxton and Jon-Bon Jovi.
A team of US soldiers are sent on a mission to sneak aboard a disabled German U-Boat to steal an encryption device that would give the Allies the edge they need to win the war. What they don't know is... Germans are on their way to answer the SOS as well.
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| Length overall | 142 ft |
| Beam | 12 ft |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| Displacement | Surface 287 tons |
| Submerged 316 tons | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 7 knots (design) |
| Surface 6.5 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 13 to 13.5 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 12 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Surface: 740 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 22.5 miles | |
| Complement | 2 x Officers, 13 x Ratings |
Orpheus (S 11) |
|
| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | O2a |
|
Fate: Orpheus was paid of in January 1987. Broken Up 1994 |
|
U-571 Stars Matthew McCaughney, Bill Paxton and Jon-Bon Jovi.
A team of US soldiers are sent on a mission to sneak aboard a disabled German U-Boat to steal an encryption device that would give the Allies the edge they need to win the war. What they don't know is... Germans are on their way to answer the SOS as well.
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