HMS Odin (N84)

	Odin underway off Hong Kong
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Odin
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	23 June 1927
Launched	5 May 1928
Commissioned	21 December 1929
Fate	Sunk on 13 June 1940
General characteristics
Displacement	1,781 tons surfaced; 2,038 tons submerged;
Length	283 ft 6 in (86.41 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 2 × diesel engines, 4,600 hp; 2 × electric motors, 350 hp; 2 screws;
Speed	17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced; 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged;
Range	8,400 nmi (15,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) surfaced; 70 nmi (130 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h) submerged;
Test depth	300 ft (91 m)
Complement	53-55 officers and men
Armament	8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads; 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XII deck gun; 2 × Lewis machine guns;

HMS Odin (N84) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928^[1] and commissioned on 21 December 1929. The name Odin refers to the 74-gun, Danish man-of-war surrendered to the British in 1807.^[2]

She served with the 5th Flotilla at Portsmouth in 1929–1930, with the 4th Flotilla at Hong Kong from 1930–1939, with the 8th Flotilla at Colombo in Ceylon in 1939–1940, and with the 1st Flotilla at Alexandria in Egypt in 1940. Odin was sent to Malta shortly before Italy declared war on 10 June.^[1]

Odin was depth charged and sunk in the Gulf of Taranto, most probably by the Italian destroyers Strale and Baleno on 14 June 1940.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Chatham submarines". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
^ "The Illustrated London News - May 12, 1928".
^ "Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth Cemeteries (Highland Road, Captain C.M. Childe and Sub Lt. P. Lee)". www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "HMS Odin (N84)". uboat.net.

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[:0-1] "Chatham submarines". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2009.

[2] "The Illustrated London News - May 12, 1928".

[3] "Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth Cemeteries (Highland Road, Captain C.M. Childe and Sub Lt. P. Lee)". www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[4] "HMS Odin (N84)". uboat.net.

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Other incidents	9 Jun: Empire Commerce 10 Jun: Barbana G, Monte Piana 25 Jun: HMS Calcutta Unknown date: Mari Chandris
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