HMS Odin (N84) was an
O-classsubmarine of the
Royal Navy. She was laid down by
HM Dockyard at
Chatham in
Kent on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928[1] and commissioned on 21 December 1929. The name Odin refers to the 74-gun, Danish man-of-war surrendered to the British in 1807.[2]
She served with the 5th Flotilla at
Portsmouth in 1929–1930, with the 4th Flotilla at
Hong Kong from 1930–1939, with the 8th Flotilla at
Colombo in
Ceylon in 1939–1940, and with the 1st Flotilla at
Alexandria in
Egypt in 1940. Odin was sent to
Malta shortly before Italy declared war on 10 June.[1]