HMS Oberon (S09)
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Design and construction
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As designed for British service, the Oberon-class submarines were Script error: No such module "convert". in length between perpendiculars and Script error: No such module "convert". in length overall, with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] Displacement was 1,610 tons standard, 2,030 tons full load when surfaced, and 2,410 tons full load when submerged.[2] Propulsion machinery consisted of 2 Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators, and two Script error: No such module "convert". electric motors, each driving a Script error: No such module "convert". 3-bladed propeller at up to 400 rpm.[2] Top speed was Script error: No such module "convert". when submerged, and Script error: No such module "convert". on the surface.[2] Eight Script error: No such module "convert". diameter torpedo tubes were fitted (six facing forward, two aft), with a total payload of 24 torpedoes.[2] The boats were fitted with Type 186 and Type 187 sonars, and an I-band surface search radar.[2] The standard complement was 68: 6 officers, 62 sailors.[2]
Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28 November 1957, and launched on 18 July 1959.[2] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 24 February 1961.[2] Oberon cost £2.43 million.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was the first of the class to have a deeper casing installed to house the equipment for initial training of SSN crews.[2]
Operational history
Ran aground in Rothesay Bay - early 1960s - soon refloated.
Decommissioning and fate
Oberon was paid off in 1986. She was sold in 1987 to the Seaforth Group to be refitted for resale to Egypt, but was broken up at Grimsby in 1991.
Citations
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