1967–1992 Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy
For other ships with the same name, see
HMAS Oxley.
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History |
Australia |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Laid down | 2 July 1964 |
Launched | 24 September 1965 |
Commissioned | 21 March 1967 |
Decommissioned | February 1992 |
Fate | Sold for scrap |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Oberon-class submarine |
Displacement |
- 1,610 tons standard
- 2,030 tons surfaced
- 2,410 tons submerged
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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, 4,500 shp
- 2 shafts
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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
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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 |
- As launched:
- 8 officers, 56 sailors
- At decommissioning:
- 8 officers, 60 sailors
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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
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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
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HMAS Oxley (S 57) was an Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).