HMS Odin
Two submarines of the Royal Navy have borne the name Odin.
The first
HMS Odin (84P) was an O class
submarine laid down by HM Dockyard at
Chatham in
Kent on
23 June 1927, launched on
5 May 1928 and commissioned on
21 December 1929. She served with the 5th Flotilla at
Portsmouth in 1929 and
1930, with the 4th Flotilla at
Hong Kong from 1930 until
1939, with the 8th Flotilla at
Colombo in
Ceylon in 1939 and
1940, and with the 1st Flotilla at
Alexandria in
Egypt in 1940. HMS Odin was depth charged by the enemy Italian
destroyer Strale and the torpedo boat Baleno and sank in the Gulf of Taranto on
13 June 1940.
The second
HMS Odin (S10) was an Oberon class
submarine laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at
Birkenhead on
27 April 1959, launched on
4 November 1960 and commissioned on
3 May 1962. HMS Odin paid off on
18 September 1990 and was sold for scrap in
Greece in September
1991.