Ophelia (moon) Ophelia (moon) Ophelia ( ) is a moon of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by "Voyager 2" on January 20, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 8. It was not seen until the Hubble Space Telescope recovered it in 2003. Ophelia was named after the daughter of Polonius, Ophelia, in William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". It is also designated Uranus VII. Other than its orbit, radius of 21 km and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing is known about it. At the Voyager 2 images Ophelia appears as an elongated object, the major axis pointing
HMS Ophelia target, but was undamaged. After Jutland, "Ophelia" joined the newly established 14th Destroyer Flotilla, also part of the Grand Fleet. On 10 September 1918, "Ophelia" was on patrol, with a Kite balloon deployed, when the observer in the balloon spotted the conning tower of a submarine. The submarine dived, but "Ophelia" dropped depth charges on the site of the submarine's submergence, which were rewarded by a large underwater explosion and a large oil slick. "Ophelia" had sunk the German submarine . By the end of the war, "Ophelia" had transferred to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. She was sold for breaking