The Submarine Heritage Centre - HMS Olympus

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."

Olympus Technical Facts:

- Builder: Vickers Armstrong Limited - Barrow-in-Furness
- Yard No: 1060
- Pennant: S12
- Laid Down: March 4th 1960
- Launched: July 14th 1961
- Completed: July 7th 1962
- Ordered: August 28th 1956
- Displacement: Surfaced: 2030 tons, Dived: 2410 tons.
- Dimensions (in feet and inches): Length 295'3'' Width 26'6'' x 18'3'' draught.
- 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 Facts:

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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