Submarine Heritage Centre - Art Gallery

Submarine Heritage Centre

Registered Address:

53 Red Oak Avenue

Barrow-in-Furness

Cumbria, LA13 OLJ, UK

Tel: 01229 820993

Fax: 01229 772407

Dimensions: 23.5" x 18.0"

| Sponsorship Comments | Technical Data | Historical Data |

Sponsorship Comments

This painting was a donation, as opposed to a commission, by Mrs Joan Cole of Barrow-in-Furness. Joan said " whilst having a coffee in the Forum 28 in Barrow in August of 2001, I spotted a painting of the Submarine Olympus by Tom Murphy. It was only the previous week that I had read an article in the local newspaper that a submarine heritage centre was to be opened here in Barrow and that Olympus would possibly be the centre piece. I decided to purchase the painting and present it to the Submarine Heritage Centre when it opened."

Technical Data

Builder:	Vickers Armstrong Limited - Barrow-in-Furness.
Yard Number:	1060
Pennant number:	S12
Ordered:	28.08.1956
Laid down:	04.03.1960
Launched:	14.07.1961
Completed:	07.07.1962
Dimensions (in feet and inches):	Length 295'3'' Width 26'6'' x 18'3'' draught
Displacement:	Surfaced: 2030 tons, Dived: 2410 tons
Propulsion:	Surfaced: Diesel/Electric 2 x 16 cylinder Admiralty Standard range (ASR) diesels 3,680shp, Dived : 2x Electric Motors, 3,600shp.
Speed:	Surfaced: 12 knots, Dived: 17 knots
Armaments:	8 x 21'' torpedo tubes , 6 tubes fwd and 2 tubes aft.
Endurance:	9,000 nautical miles at 12 knots.
Other boats of the class built at Barrow:	Orpheus (S11) and Osirus (S13)

Historical Data

The Oberon class were a follow up class to the successful Porpoise class.They were the quietest diesel/electric submarines in the world. They were to become the work horses of the British Submarine Service and gave numerous years of service in all parts of the world.

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