HMS Opportune (S20)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Opportune
BuilderScotts, Greenock
Yard number693
Laid down26 October 1962
Launched14 February 1964
Commissioned29 December 1964
Decommissioned2 June 1993
FatePaid off
General characteristics as designed
Class & typeOberon class
Displacement
  • 1,610 tons standard
  • 2,030 tons full load surfaced
  • 2,410 tons full load submerged
Length
Beam26.5 feet (8.1 m)
Draught18 feet (5.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators
  • 2 × 3,000 shaft horsepower (2,200 kW) electric motors
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
Complement68
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Type 186 and Type 187 sonars
  • I-band surface search radar
Armament
  • 8 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)
  • 24 torpedoes

HMS Opportune (S20) was an Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Navy.

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