HMS Onyx (S21)

HMS Onyx (S21)

The HMS "Onyx" was an "Oberon" class submarine of the Royal Navy. Originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy, "Onyx" was transferred to the Royal Navy whilst under construction at Cammell Laird shipbuilders in Birkenhead, England. She was launched on August 1966 and commissioned into the Royal Navy in September 1967.

The first commission of the "Onyx" saw her visit Swansea in South Wales for the investiture of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. She also attended the bicentennial celebrations of the United States of America in 1976.

HMS "Onyx" was the only non-nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy to take part in the Falklands War. The smaller displacement of "Onyx" compared to the nuclear submarines made her ideal for landing SAS and SBS troops close to the islands in shallow waters.

Defence cuts in the UK saw the Royal Navy dispense with its diesel-powered submarines to concentrate on nuclear attack submarines. In 1991, the "Onyx" was decommissioned from the navy. She was then cared for by the Warship Preservation Trust and was on public display alongside several other ships in Birkenhead, UK.

In May 2006 HMS "Onyx" was sold to the Barrow-in-Furness businessman Joe Mullen, for a reported £100,000 as a 'gift to the people of Barrow'. It left Birkenhead on 13 June 2006 [ [http://www.photoboxgallery.com/MaritimeAviationNews/3211231 Photo: HMS Onyx leaves Birkenhead] Retrieved 12 August 2007 ] to form the centrepiece of a new heritage museum in Cumbria.

See also

* "Oberon" class submarine
* British Naval Forces in the Falklands War

References

External links

* [http://www.limewolf.com/?p=10 HMS Onyx pictures]
* [http://www.photoboxgallery.com/MaritimeAviationNews/3211231 Photographs of HMS Onyx being towed to Barrow 13th June 2006]


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