The List Is As Follows

Dear Mr Ashby

Thank you for your mail of 23 April 2009 requesting the fate of all A, O and P Class Submarines. Your correspondence has been considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The list is as follows:

NAME / FATE / PURCHASER
(When known)
AMPHION CLASS
Acheron / Scrapped 1972
Aeneas / Scrapped 1974
Affray / Sunk April 16, 1951
Alaric / Scrapped 1971
Alcide / Scrapped 1974
Alderney / Scrapped 1972
Alliance / On display at Gosport, England
Ambush / Scrapped 1971
Amphion / Scrapped 1970
Anchorite / Scrapped 1971
Andrew / Scrapped 1977
Artemis / Sank at Gosport July 7, 1971, raised and scrapped
Artful / Scrapped 1972
Astute / Scrapped 1970
Auriga / Scrapped 1974
Aurochs / Scrapped 1967
PORPOISE CLASS
Porpoise / sunk as a target in 1985.
Rorqual / Scrapped in 1977
Narwhal / sunk as a target on 1983
Grampus / sunk as a target in 1980
Finwhale / Sold for scrap in 1988 / Cantalonia Metalurgia
Cachalot / Sold for scrap in 1980
Sealion / sold in 1988 / Inter-action
Walrus / sold in 1986 / Seaforth Holdings
OBERON CLASS
Oberon / Sold to in 1986 / Seaforth Holdings
Ocelot / Sold in 1992 (preserved at Chatham Dockyard) / Chatham Historic Dockyard
Odin / Sold to Canadian Navy in 1991 / Dido Steel Corp
Olympus / Sold to Canadian Navy in 1989
Onslaught / Sold for scrap in 1991 / Dido Steel Corp
Onyx / Sold to Warship Preservation Trust in 1991
Opportune / Sold for scrap 1992
Opossum / Sold for scrap in 1993
Oracle / Sold for scrap in 1993
Orpheus / Sold for scrap in 1994 / Pounds Marine
Osiris / Sold for scrap in 1992 / Vickers
Otter / Sold for scrap in 1992 / Pounds Marine
Otus / Sold for scrap in 1992 / Pounds Marine

I hope this is helpful but if you are unhappy with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact mein the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MODMainBuilding, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB(e-mail ). Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end.

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Yours sincerely

DES SEC Pol Sec 2 Asst Head