HMS Olympus (N35)
Service
- as HMS Olympus14 June 1930 — 8 May 1942980 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Olympus
- Pennant / hull number
- N35
- Namesake
- Olympus
- Builder
- William Beardmore and Company
- Laid down
- 14 April 1927
- Launched
- 11 December 1928
- Commissioned
- 14 June 1930
- Fate
- Sunk by mine off Malta, 8 May 1942
By mine (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,781 long tons (1,810 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,038 long tons (2,071 t)
- Length
- 86.26 m (283 ft)
- Beam
- 5.79 m (19 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Complement
- 53
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Olympus was a Odin-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N35. She was named for Olympus. William Beardmore and Company laid her keel on 14 April 1927. Launched on 11 December 1928, she entered service on 14 June 1930.
Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the L class and was succeeded by the Parthian-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,781 long tons surfaced and 2,038 long tons submerged. She measured 86.3 m (283 ft) long with a beam of 5.8 m (19 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 53.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 980 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 8 May 1942 by mine, at 35°55′N 14°35′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft diesel electric. 4,250 hp Admiralty diesels
- Electric motors: 1,390 hp
- Armament
- 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 4 in deck gun
- 2 × .303 inch AA machine guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Olympus (N35) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Russell, J E (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 6928 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums . Uploaded 09:25, 2 July 2007 (UTC) by Kim Dent-Brown ( talk • contribs ) to en:Wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons