HMS Opportune (S20)
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Opportune |
| Builder: | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down: | 26 October 1962 |
| Launched: | 14 February 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 June 1993 |
| Fate: | Paid off |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oberon-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 2,030 tons surfaced 2,410 tons submerged |
| Length: | 295 feet 3 inches (90.0 m) |
| Beam: | 26 feet 6 inches (8.1 m) |
| Height: | 18 feet (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 diesels, 3,680 bhp (2744 kW) 2 electric motors, 6,000 shp 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) surfaced 17 knots (31 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles (16,670 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced |
| Complement: | 68 |
| Armament: | 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) 12 reloads Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedoes Sub Harpoon missiles |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Opportune.
HMS Opportune (S20) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1964 and sold in 1992.
For several years the vessel resided at Pounds scrapyard in Portsmouth[1][2]
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