HMAS Ovens at the Western Australian Maritime Museum
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History | |
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Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Laid down | 17 June 1966 |
Launched | 4 December 1967 |
Commissioned | 18 April 1969 |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1995 |
Status | Museum ship since November 1998 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oberon-class submarine |
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Length | 295.2 ft (90.0 m) |
Beam | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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Speed |
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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 |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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HMAS Ovens (S 70) is an Oberon-class submarine, formerly of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was one of six Oberons built for the Royal Australian Navy by the Scottish Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, and entered service in 1969. The vessel was named for Irishman and Australian explorer John Ovens (1788–1825) and for whom the Victorian river Ovens was named. During her career, Ovens was the first RAN submarine to deploy with the ANZUK force, and the first RAN submarine to fire an armed Mark 48 torpedo, sinking the target ship Colac. The boat was decommissioned in 1995, and is preserved at the Western Australian Maritime Museum as a museum ship.