HMS Osiris (S13)
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HMS Osiris (S13) was an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". that served in the Royal Navy.
Design and construction
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Osiris was laid down by Vickers-Armstrongs on 26 January 1962, and launched on 29 November 1962.[2] The boat was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 11 January 1964.[2]
Operational history
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Osiris attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[3]
Decommissioning and fate
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