HMS Olympus (S12)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Olympus.

HMCS Ojibwa, HMCS Okanagan and ex-HMS Olympus docked in Halifax
History
United Kingdom
NameOlympus
NamesakeMount Olympus
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down4 March 1960
Launched14 June 1961
Commissioned7 July 1962
Decommissioned1980s
IdentificationPennant number: S12
FateSold to Canadian Forces as training vessel
BadgeBlazon Azure with thunderbolts of Zeus
Canada
Acquired1989
In service1989
Out of service27 April 2000
FateScrapped in 2011
General characteristics as designed
Class and typeOberon-class submarine
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 and
processing systems
  • Type 186 and Type 187 sonars
  • I-band surface search radar
Armament
  • 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)
  • 24 torpedoes

HMS Olympus was an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Navy, and later in the Canadian Forces as a submarine trainer.