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Old 30-03-2008, 06:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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h.m.s submarine orpheous

im after information on the service of h.m. s orpheous lost in the mediterranian in june 1940. also there are 2 diffrent accounts about how she was sunk one theory mentions a mine and the other story mentions sunk by the italian navy ship turbine which story of the sinking is correct
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im after information on the service of h.m. s orpheous lost in the mediterranian in june 1940. also there are 2 diffrent accounts about how she was sunk one theory mentions a mine and the other story mentions sunk by the italian navy ship turbine which story of the sinking is correct

Hi izzy,
my reference gives Odin and Orpheous both leaving Malta on the 10th of June. Odin was sunk on the 13th by Italian Destroyers Strale and Baleno. Orpheous was sunk on the 16th off Tobruk by Italian Destroyer Turbine.

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sorry about the delay in answering but the date i have for orpheous sinking is 29/06/1940
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sorry about the delay in answering but the date i have for orpheous sinking is 29/06/1940
Hi Izzy,
my Reference is "Chronology of the War at Sea 1939 - 1945" 3rd Edition, page 27. By Jurgen Rohwer 2005.

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