HMS Osiris (S13)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Osiris.
 HMS Osiris at Portsmouth Navy Days, August 1982 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Osiris |
| Namesake: | Osiris |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow, England |
| Laid down: | 1962 |
| Launched: | 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 1989 |
| Honours and awards: | Participated in the Falklands War |
| Fate: | sold to Canadian Forces, 1989 |
| Badge: | Blazon azure with the profile of Osiris |
| Career (Canada) |  |
| Acquired: | 1989, for spare parts |
| Fate: | scrapped, 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oberon-class submarine |
| Type: | Attack/patrol submarine |
| 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: | 68 (6 officers, 62 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 Osiris (S13) was an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Navy.
She was laid down in 1962 at Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow and launched in 1964. She was the third ship to bear this name.
Osiris attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[1]
She was decommissioned and sold to the Canadian Forces in 1989 for spare parts, towed to Birkenhead on the River Mersey where Cammell Laird shipyard completed the stripping out. In August 1991, the remains were moved to Garston for final demolition and scrapped in 1992.
Commanding Officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant Commander A D C Lund RN[2] |
| 1977 | 1977 | Lieutenant Commander P Higgins RN |
| 1978 | 1979 | Lieutenant Commander C E Gibson MBE RN |
References
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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