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===British service=== The first of the class to be commissioned into the Royal Navy was {{HMS|Orpheus|S11|2}} in 1960, followed by the name vessel in 1961. The last to be commissioned was {{HMS|Onyx|S21|2}} in 1967. Six were commissioned between 1967 and 1978 for the RAN. In 1982, ''Onyx'' took part in the [[Falklands War]], the only conventional submarine of the RN to do so, landing members of the [[Special Boat Service|SBS]].{{sfn|Hennessy|Jinks|2015|pp=443-446}} She was escorted back to UK at 5 kn after hitting an undetected submerged reef which damaged two of its torpedo tubes, trapping a [[Tigerfish (torpedo)|Tigerfish]] torpedo. It was removed back at Portsmouth.{{sfn|Hennessy|Jinks|2015|pp=451-452}} All ''Oberon''s in service, including boats exported, have now been decommissioned; the last RN boats were decommissioned in 1993, with the final Canadian and Australian ''Oberon''s decommissioned in 2000.
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