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HMS Opossum (S19)

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343:, with a beam of 26.5 feet (8.1 m), and a draught of 18 feet (5.5 m). Displacement was 1,610 tons standard, 2,030 tons full load when surfaced, and 2,410 tons full load when submerged. Propulsion machinery consisted of 2 Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators, and two 3,000 shaft horsepower (2,200 kW) electric motors, each driving a 7-foot diameter (2.1 m) 3-bladed propeller at up to 400 rpm. Top speed was 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) when submerged, and 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) on the surface. Eight 21-inch (530 mm) diameter torpedo tubes were fitted (six facing forward, two aft), with a total payload of 24 torpedoes. The boats were fitted with Type 186 and Type 187 sonars, and an I-band surface search radar. The standard complement was 68: 6 officers, 62 sailors. 55: 1065: 833: 956: 1077: 1140: 1021: 33: 324:, with the same dimensions and external design, but updates to equipment and internal fittings, and a higher grade of steel used for fabrication of the 1285: 1270: 1232: 809: 1237: 1290: 1244: 1275: 636: 1249: 693: 759: 1227: 802: 392: 1035: 1049: 1164: 1042: 721: 697: 505: 438: 1193: 318: 1218: 795: 353:
on 21 December 1961, and launched on 23 May 1963. The boat was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 5 June 1964.
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was given to St Edmundsbury council in commemoration of the submarine's association with the town of
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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from 1974 to 1976, symbolically commemorated the submarine in his personal
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Submarine Warfare Today: The World's Deadliest Underwater Weapons Systems
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Richards, Bill; Smith, Peter (December 2006). "Onslow's Jolly Roger".
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8 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)
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Index

HMS Opossum

Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Oberon class
between perpendiculars
length overall
Oberon-class
submarine
Royal Navy
Oberon-class submarine
Porpoise-class
pressure hull
between perpendiculars
length overall
Cammell Laird
bicentennial
Pitcairn Island
Persian Gulf
Gulf War
Operation Granby
flying a Jolly Roger
Special Air Service
Special Boat Service
Bury St. Edmunds
Admiral of the Fleet
Lord Boyce
lieutenant commander
coat of arms
illustration

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