HMS Oracle (S16)
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HMS Oracle was an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". submarine of the Royal Navy.
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]
Oracle was laid down by Cammell Laird on 26 April 1960, and launched on 26 September 1961.[2] The boat was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 14 February 1963.[2]
Operational history
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Oracle performed three-month secret 'observation' missions in the Arctic region in 1965 during the Cold War period and was on stand-by duty during the tumultuous period when Rhodesia announced independence.
Oracle attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.[3]
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Decommissioning and fate
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References
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Publications
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