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HMS Opportune (S20)

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HMS Opportune
Career Royal Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: 26 October 1962
Launched:
Commissioned: 29th December 1964
Decommissioned: 2 June 1993
Fate: Paid off
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,030 t surfaced
2,410 t submerged
Length: 295.25 ft
Beam: 26.5 ft
Draught:
Propulsion: 2 diesels 3,680 bhp and 2 electric motors of 6,000 shp 2 shafts
Speed: 16 knots surfaced/ 17 knots submerged
Range: 9,000 at 10 knots surfaced
Complement: 62
Armament: 8 x 21 inch tubes (6 bow, 2 stern)/ 12 reloads Tigerfish Mk 24 torpedoes/ Sub Harpoon missile
Motto:

HMS Opportune (S20) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1964 and sold in 1992. The First Captain was Lt. Cdr. Clelland and Radio Mech was Patrick Joyce