Odin-class submarine
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The Odin-class submarine (or "O class") was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The prototype, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., was followed by two boats originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six modified boats ordered for the RN. Three modified boats were built for the Chilean Navy as the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".s in 1929.
Design
The class was built to replace the ageing L-class submarines which did not have adequate endurance for use in the Pacific Ocean. These boats were theoretically able to dive to Script error: No such module "convert"., though none were formally tested beyond Script error: No such module "convert".. Armament consisted of eight Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) and one Script error: No such module "convert". gun. The boats were of a saddle tank type with fuel carried in riveted external tanks. These external tanks proved vulnerable to leaking after depth charge damage, thus betraying the position of the submarine. These boats were the first British submarines fitted with Asdic and VLF radio which could be used at periscope depth.
Boats
| Boat | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". (ex-O1) | Chatham Dockyard | 24 September 1926 | Scrapped, 1945 |
| Boat | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Vickers, Barrow | 7 September 1926 | Scrapped, 1945 |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Vickers, Barrow | 29 September 1926 | Sunk in a friendly fire incident by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". near Norway, 10 September 1939 |
| Boat | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Chatham Dockyard | 5 May 1928 | Sunk by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in the Gulf of Taranto, 14 June 1940 |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | William Beardmore and Company | 11 December 1928 | Mined off Malta, 8 May 1942 |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | William Beardmore and Company | 26 February 1929 | Sunk by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in the Mediterranean, 19 June 1940Template:Fact |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Vickers, Barrow | 19 May 1928 | Scrapped, September 1946, Durban. |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Vickers, Barrow | 19 June 1928 | Sunk by Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi off Calabria, 1 August 1940 |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | Vickers, Barrow | 31 August 1928 | Scuttled, September 1946, off Durban. |
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