| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Troon 10/61 |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | John Dennis Martin | DSC |
| 1948: | Lieutenant | Allan Gordon Tait | DSC MID |
| 1950: | Lieutenant | Paul Murray-Jones | MID |
1945: Pacific
Solent was one of several boats which were modified after the war and converted into high speed target submarines for training anti-submarine forces. The hull and casing were streamlined and the gun removed, in addition to this higher capacity batteries were fitted and the motors up-rated.
| 07-05-1943 | Laid Down |
| 08-06-1944 | Launched |
| 07-09-1944 | Completed |
| 28-06-1945 | HMS Solent sinks a Japanese landing craft and damages another with gunfire to the north of Banka Strait. |
| 15-08-1945 | HMS Solent sinks a Japanese patrol vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 14.75 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Armament (i) | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (13 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| 1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 43 Ratings |
| Note | The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns. |
| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | |
| Orpheus was paid of in January 1987. Broken Up 1994 | |
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| Length overall | 217 ft |
| Beam | 23 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 11 ft |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15 knots (design) |
| Surface 14.75 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Armament (i) | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (13 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| 1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon | |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 43 Ratings |
| Note | The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns. |
| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | |
| Orpheus was paid of in January 1987. Broken Up 1994 | |
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