| 1921 | Pandora 1902 - 1939 | Recommissioned |
| 1940 | Taku (N 38) | Completed |
| 1943 | First Use Of Chariot | A two-man submersible Chariot, based on a modified torpedo, succeeded in penetrating Palermo & sank the light cruiser Ulpio Traiano - the first such use of the device by the Royal Navy, which had copied it from the Italian Navy's Maiale that had been used to considerable effect against British shipping earlier in the war |
| 1945 | Shakespeare (P 221) | HMS Shakespeare and the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 1 engage each other with gunfire off the Nancowry Strait, Nicobar Islands. Both ships are damaged in the engagement. |
| 1945 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays 50 mines (minefield ML 022) off Phuket, Siam. |
| 1945 | Shakespeare (P 221) | Damaged by Japanese gunfire and aircraft bombs off the Andaman Islands |
| 1986 | Triumph (S 93) | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
| Class: | 1925 - 1946: Odin Class |
| Built By: | Beardmore (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | O2 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Orpheus was declared overdue on 27th June 1940. The likely cause of her loss with all hands is that she was mined off Benghazi. | |
Since the beginning of the Royal Navy Submarine Service in 1901, 173 submarines have been lost and in many circumstances with their entire crew. War inevitably takes a heavy toll:
in World War Two alone, 341 officer and 2,801 ratings failed to return to harbour. Accounts of these losses and many others of submarine escape are described within this history and whenever possible in the words of survivors or witness.
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| Class: | 1925 - 1946: Odin Class |
| Built By: | Beardmore (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | O2 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Orpheus was declared overdue on 27th June 1940. The likely cause of her loss with all hands is that she was mined off Benghazi. | |
Since the beginning of the Royal Navy Submarine Service in 1901, 173 submarines have been lost and in many circumstances with their entire crew. War inevitably takes a heavy toll:
in World War Two alone, 341 officer and 2,801 ratings failed to return to harbour. Accounts of these losses and many others of submarine escape are described within this history and whenever possible in the words of survivors or witness.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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