Name / Name : | HMS Opossum | |
Type / Type : | submarine | |
Class / Class : | Oberon (Uk) | |
codename / Pennant : | S19 | |
Keel based / Laid down : | 21.12.1961 | |
Run to the water / Launched : | 23.5.1963 | |
Commissioning services / Commissioned've : | 5.7.1964 | |
Decommissioning / End of service : | 7.1993 | |
Shipyard / Built by : | Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., Birkenhead, United Kingdom | |
Commanders / Commanders : | | |
Sunken ships / Sunk ships : | | |
Note / Note : | During the gulf war, HMS Opossum vysazovala special forces into Iraq and occupied Kuwait. |
Resources:
Pejčoch, Ivo, Novák, Zdeněk, Hájek, Tomáš: warships[7]. 1.edition, Prague:Ares s. r. o. 1998, 353str.,ISBN 80-86158-08-X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Opossum_(S19)
http://www.submariners.co.uk/Boats/DB/index.php
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