Sea Weapons

Attack Submarine (1961)

Oberon class

HMS Otter (S15)

Preceded by:

Porpoise (1958)

Succeeded by:

Upholder (1990)
Dreadnought (1963)

Datafile

ClassOberon
TypeAttack Submarine
Year1960
Crew64
Dimensions
Length73.4 m (pp)
88.4 m
Beam8.1 m
Draught5.6 m
Displacement
Empty1,610 t
Surfaced2,030 t
Submerged2,410 t
Performance
Speed22 km/h / 31 km/h
Range16,668 km @ 22 km/h
Depth230 m
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Diesel engine
3,680 hp
ASR 1
2 x Electric motor
6,000 hp
English Electric
FuelOil: 258 t
Armament
Torpedo tubes6 x 533-mm (2 x 3) [Fwd]
2 x 533-mm (2 x 1) [Aft]
AS WeaponsTigerfish Mk. 24 Mod 1 [+]
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
SonarType 187
Type 2007
Type 2019
Production
Built27
Total27

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Oberon S09 Chatham DYd28/11/195718/07/195924/02/19611986Sold/Scrapped
Odin S10 Cammell Laird27/04/195904/11/196003/05/196218/10/1990Sold/Scrapped
Orpheus S11 Vickers-Armstrong16/04/195917/11/195925/11/19601987Sold/Scrapped
Olympus S12 Vickers-Armstrong04/03/196014/06/196107/07/19621989Sold/Scrapped
Osiris S13 Vickers-Armstrong26/01/196229/11/196211/01/19641989Used as spares
Onslaught S14 Chatham DYd08/04/195924/09/196014/08/19621990Sold/Scrapped
Otter S15 Scotts14/01/196015/05/196120/08/196231/07/1991Sold/Scrapped
Oracle S16 Cammell Laird26/04/196026/09/196114/02/196318/09/1993Sold/Scrapped
Ocelot S17 Chatham DYd17/11/196005/05/196231/01/196408/1991Preserved
Otus S18 Scotts31/05/196117/10/196205/10/19631992Preserved
Opossum S19 Cammell Laird21/12/196123/05/196305/06/196408/1993Sold/Scrapped
Opportune S20 Scotts26/10/196214/02/196428/12/196402/06/1993Sold/Scrapped
Onyx S21 Cammell Laird16/11/196418/08/196625/11/19671992Sold/Scrapped
Ojibwa S72 Chatham DYd27/09/196229/02/196423/09/196505/1998Preserved
Onondaga S73 Chatham DYd18/06/196425/09/196522/06/196728/07/2000Preserved
Okanagan S74 Chatham DYd25/03/196517/09/196622/06/196814/09/1998Sold/Scrapped
Oxley S57 Scotts02/07/196424/09/196521/03/196713/02/1992Sold/Scrapped
Otway S59 Scotts29/06/196529/11/196623/04/196817/02/1994Sold/Scrapped
Onslow SS-60 Scotts04/12/196703/12/196822/12/196930/03/1999Preserved
Ovens SS-60 Scotts17/06/196604/12/196718/04/196901/12/1995Preserved
Orion SS-61 Scott Lithgow06/10/197216/09/197415/06/19771996Sold/Scrapped
Otama SS-62 Scott Lithgow25/05/197303/12/197527/04/197815/12/2000Inactive
Humaitá S20 Vickers-Armstrong03/11/197005/10/197118/06/197308/04/1996Sold/Scrapped
Tonelero S21 Vickers-Armstrong18/11/197122/11/197210/12/197721/06/2001Sold/Scrapped
Riachuelo S22 Vickers-Armstrong26/05/197306/09/197501/03/197712/11/1997Preserved
O'Brien S22 Scott Lithgow17/01/197121/12/197215/08/19762005Preserved
Hyatt S23 Scott Lithgow10/01/197226/09/197327/09/197626/04/2000Inactive

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