HMS Oberon (S09)
{{short description|Submarine of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Oberon}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Hms_oberon_s09.jpg |Ship caption= HMS Oberon (s09) }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=Oberon |Ship namesake=Oberon - King of Shadows |Ship builder=Chatham Dockyard, England |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship laid down=28 November 1957 |Ship launched=18 July 1959 |Ship commissioned=24 February 1961 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=1986 |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship fate=Scrapped Grimsby, 1991 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Header caption=as designed |Ship class={{sclass|Oberon|submarine|4}} |Ship displacement=*1,610 tons standard
|Ship length=*{{convert|241|ft}} between perpendiculars
|Ship beam={{convert|26.5|ft}} |Ship draught={{convert|18|ft}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*2 × Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators
|Ship speed=*{{convert|17|kn}} submerged
|Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship complement=68 |Ship sensors=*Type 186 and Type 187 sonars
|Ship EW= |Ship armament=*8 × {{convert|21|in | adj=on}} torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)
|Ship notes= }} |
HMS Oberon was the lead ship of the Oberon-class submarines, operated by the Royal Navy.
Design and construction
{{main|Oberon-class submarine}}
The Oberon class was a direct follow on of the Porpoise-class, with the same dimensions and external design, but updates to equipment and internal fittings, and a higher grade of steel used for fabrication of the pressure hull.{{cite book |last=Chant |first=Christopher |title=Submarine Warfare Today: The World's Deadliest Underwater Weapons Systems |publisher=Silverdale Books |location=Wigston |date=2005 |isbn=1-84509-158-2|oclc=156749009 |page={{page needed|date=June 2015}}}}
As designed for British service, the Oberon-class submarines were {{convert|241|ft}} in length between perpendiculars and {{convert|295.2|ft}} in length overall, with a beam of {{convert|26.5|ft}}, and a draught of {{convert|18|ft}}.{{cite book |editor=Moore, John |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1977-78 |edition=80th |year=1977 |series=Jane's Fighting Ships |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |location=London |isbn=0531032779 |oclc=18207174 |page=490}} Displacement was 1,610 tons standard, 2,030 tons full load when surfaced, and 2,410 tons full load when submerged. Propulsion machinery consisted of 2 Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators, and two {{convert|3,000|shp}} electric motors, each driving a {{convert|7|ft||adj=mid|-diameter}} 3-bladed propeller at up to 400 rpm. Top speed was {{convert|17|kn}} when submerged, and {{convert|12|kn}} on the surface. Eight {{convert|21|in||adj=on}} diameter torpedo tubes were fitted (six facing forward, two aft), with a total payload of 24 torpedoes. The boats were fitted with Type 186 and Type 187 sonars, and an I-band surface search radar. The standard complement was 68: 6 officers, 62 sailors.
Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28 November 1957, and launched on 18 July 1959. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 24 February 1961. Oberon cost £2.43 million.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} She was the first of the class to have a deeper casing installed to house the equipment for initial training of SSN crews.
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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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Robert |title=Jane's submarines : war beneath the waves from 1776 to the present day |date=2001 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London |isbn=978-0007105588}}
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Category:Oberon-class submarines of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built in Chatham