HMAS Otway (S 59)

The casing and fin of HMAS Otway, at Holbrook, New South Wales
History
Australia
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down	29 June 1965
Launched	29 November 1966
Commissioned	23 April 1968
Decommissioned	17 February 1994
Fate	Monument at Holbrook, NSW
General characteristics
Class and type	Oberon-class submarine
Displacement	1,610 tons standard 2,030 tons surfaced 2,410 tons submerged
Length	295.2 ft (90.0 m)
Beam	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty Standard Range supercharged V16 diesel generators 2 × English Electric motors 3,500 bhp (2,600 kW) 4,500 shp (3,400 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) at snorkel depth
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Test depth	200 metres (660 ft)
Complement	As launched: 8 officers, 56 sailors At decommissioning: 8 officers, 60 sailors
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar: Atlas Elektronik Type CSU3-41 bow array BAC Type 2007 flank array Sperry BQG-4 Micropuffs rangefinding array Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006
Armament	Torpedo tubes: 6 × 21-inch (53 cm) bow tubes 2 × short-length 21-inch (53 cm) stern tubes (later removed) 1996 payload: Mix of 20: Mark 48 Mod 4 torpedoes UGM-84 Sub Harpoon missiles

HMAS Otway (S 59) was an Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of the first four Oberon-class boats ordered for the RAN, Otway was built in Scotland during the mid-1960s, and commissioned into naval service in 1968. The submarine was decommissioned in 1994. The submarine's upper casing, fin, and stern are preserved at Holbrook, New South Wales.