H.M.S. Orpheus (1929)
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H.M.S. Orpheus (1929) | |
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Builder: | William Beardmore & Company |
Launched: | 26 Feb, 1929[1] |
Commissioned: | 2 Apr, 1930[2] |
Sunk: | 19 Jun, 1940[3] |
Fate: | by Italian destroyers |
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Service
Commissioned at Dalmuir on 2 April, 1930 for service with the Third Submarine Flotilla on the China Station, remaining there until at least early 1933.[4]
By mid-1937, she was with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station.[5]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert S. Barry, 2 April, 1930[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert W. Stirling-Hamilton, February, 1936Template:NLJan37
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 48.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 257.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 48.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 259.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 257.
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