HMS Oracle (S16)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Oracle
- Launch Year
- 1960
- Type
- Submarine
- Class
- Oberon-class submarine
- Pennant Number
- S16
- Launched
- 1960
- Built at
- Chatham Dockyard
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Armament
- Torpedoes
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- Role
- Attack submarine
- Notable for
- Cold War conventional operations
- Fate
- Decommissioned 1987
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Oracle was a Royal Navy submarine of the oberon-class submarine.
Service History
HMS Oracle served primarily in attack submarine duties and is noted for cold war conventional operations.
Historical Significance
HMS Oracle forms part of the history of British submarine and the evolution of oberon-class submarine.