HMS Olympus (S12)
 HMCS Ojibwa, HMCS Okanagan and ex-HMS Olympus docked in Halifax | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Olympus |
| Namesake: | Mount Olympus |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, England |
| Laid down: | 4 March 1960 |
| Launched: | 14 June 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | 1980s |
| Identification: | Pennant number: S12 |
| Fate: | Sold to Canadian Forces as training vessel |
| Badge: | Blazon Azure with thunderbolts of Zeus |
| Career (Canada) |  |
| Acquired: | 1989 |
| In service: | 1989 |
| Out of service: | Late 1990s |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oberon-class submarine |
| Type: | Attack/patrol submarine trainer |
| Displacement: | 1,610 tonnes (1,774.72 short tons) - surface 2,410 tonnes (2,656.57 short tons) - submerged |
| Length: | 89.99 metres (295.2 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.1 metres (27 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres (18 ft) |
| Installed power: | Diesel electric |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty Standard Range 1, 16VMS Diesels: 3680 hp; 2 Electric Motors; 6000shp; 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) - surface 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) - submerged |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
| Endurance: | 56 days |
| Test depth: | 400–600 feet (120–180 m) |
| Complement: | 69 (6 officers, 63 crew) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Type 187 Active-Passive sonar Type 2007 passive sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | MEL Manta UAL or UA4 radar warning |
| Armament: | 8 × 21 in (530 mm) tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 18 torpedoes |
HMS Olympus was an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Navy, and later in the Canadian Forces as a submarine trainer.
Construction
Olympus was laid down 4 March 1960 by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow and launched 14 June 1961.
Operational history
In 1986, Olympus appeared in the popular UK Channel 4 television game show Treasure Hunt. After rendezvousing with the submarine a few miles out of Plymouth Sound, presenter Anneka Rice watched on from the show's famous yellow helicopter as Olympus surfaced, before landing on her hull and receiving the episode's second clue from the vessel's captain, Lt. Cmdr. John Tuckett.[1]
Retired from the Royal Navy, Olympus was sold to the Canadian Forces in 1989 and was stationed as a non-operational training boat in Halifax. The ship was never commissioned and was disposed of along with the other Canadian Oberon-class submarines in the late 1990s.
Fate
In May 2005, the Halifax Chronicle-Herald announced that Maritime Command (MARCOM) was looking to sell Olympus and three other Canadian Oberons for scrap metal. MARCOM stated that the submarines were not in suitable condition to be used as museum ships, and predicted that each submarine would sell for between C$50,000 and C$60,000.[2]
In July 2011, Olympus started making her journey from Halifax to a scrapyard (International Marine Salvage) in Port Maitland, Ontario.[3]
Commanding Officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ? | Lieutenant Commander G J Tottenham RN |
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant J P Spellar RN[4] |
| 1977 | 1978 | Lieutenant J W R Harris RN |
| 1978 | 1980 | Lieutenant Commander James Burnell-Nugent RN |
| 1980 | 1982 | Lieutenant Commander Paul Hind RN |
References
- ↑ "Treasure Hunt - Devon (Series 4, Part 2)". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ↑ "For sale: 4 submarines, not shipshape". CBC Online News. May 25, 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ↑ Jeffrey, Davene (19 July 2011). "Former HMS Olympus en route to scrapyard". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ↑ Navy List, HMSO, 1966
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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