| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | Orpheus was paid of in January 1987. Broken Up 1994 |
Harbour Service 1987
| 17-11-1960 | Launched |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 1st Jan, 1928 | |
| Motto | Vestigia nulla retrorsum. (There is no retreat.) | |
| Symbology | On the death of his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus went to Hades to recover her. On the return journey he looked back and so lost her, even though he had been warned not to by the oracle. | |
| Design Notes | A golden Greek lyre on a background party per pale black and blue. | |
| Additional Notes | The harp symbolises the mythical Greek musician Orpheus, whose music could charm wild beasts and the elements. | |
| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (i) (30 torpedoes) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 62 Others |
| Note | (i) Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes |
Anyone trained at Shotley was considered a first class seaman. The training and discipline were considered very strict and although we hated it at the time, it was always with a certain amount of pride that one said, 'Of course, I was a Shotley Boy.'
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 1st Jan, 1928 | |
| Motto | Vestigia nulla retrorsum. (There is no retreat.) | |
| Symbology | On the death of his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus went to Hades to recover her. On the return journey he looked back and so lost her, even though he had been warned not to by the oracle. | |
| Design Notes | A golden Greek lyre on a background party per pale black and blue. | |
| Additional Notes | The harp symbolises the mythical Greek musician Orpheus, whose music could charm wild beasts and the elements. | |
| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (i) (30 torpedoes) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 62 Others |
| Note | (i) Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes |
Anyone trained at Shotley was considered a first class seaman. The training and discipline were considered very strict and although we hated it at the time, it was always with a certain amount of pride that one said, 'Of course, I was a Shotley Boy.'
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