HMS Olympus (S12)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Olympus.
HMS Olympus was an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Navy, and later in the Canadian Forces as a submarine trainer.
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HMCS Ojibwa, HMCS Okanagan and ex-HMS Olympus docked in Halifax | |
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Name | Olympus |
Namesake | Mount Olympus |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 4 March 1960 |
Launched | 14 June 1961 |
Commissioned | 7 July 1962 |
Decommissioned | 1980s |
Identification | Pennant number: S12 |
Fate | Sold to Canadian Forces as training vessel |
Badge | Blazon Azure with thunderbolts of Zeus |
Canada | |
Acquired | 1989 |
In service | 1989 |
Out of service | 27 April 2000 |
Fate | Scrapped in 2011 |
General characteristics as designed | |
Class and type | Oberon-class submarine |
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Beam | 26.5 feet (8.1 m) |
Draught | 18 feet (5.5 m) |
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Complement | 68 |
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