HMS Onslaught (S14)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Onslaught.

HMS Onslaught
History
United Kingdom
NameOnslaught
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down8 April 1959
Launched24 September 1960
Commissioned14 August 1962
Decommissioned1990
IdentificationPennant number: S14
General characteristics as designed
Class and typeOberon-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,610 tons standard
  • 2,030 tons full load surfaced
  • 2,410 tons full load submerged
Length
Beam26.5 feet (8.1 m)
Draught18 feet (5.5 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators
  • 2 × 3,000 shaft horsepower (2,200 kW) electric motors
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
Complement68
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 186 and Type 187 sonars
  • I-band surface search radar
Armament
  • 8 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft)
  • 24 torpedoes

HMS Onslaught was a British Oberon-class attack submarine operated by the Royal Navy.