HMS Oxley

HMAS Oxley (foreground) and Otway
History
Australia
Name	HMAS Oxley
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Laid down	March 1925
Launched	30 June 1926
Completed	22 July 1927
Commissioned	1 April 1927
Decommissioned	10 May 1930 (into reserve) 9 April 1931 (paid off in full)
Motto	"Patience and Strength"
Fate	Transferred to RN
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Oxley
Commissioned	10 April 1931
Fate	Torpedoed by HMS Triton, 10 September 1939
General characteristics
Class and type	Odin-class submarine
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) (surfaced) 1,870 long tons (1,900 t) (submerged)
Length	275 ft (83.8 m) length overall
Beam	29 ft 7 in (9.02 m)
Draught	13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) mean
Propulsion	Diesel motors for surface running and electricity generation, electric motors when submerged
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Complement	54
Armament	1 x 4-inch (102 mm) gun, 8 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow tubes, 2 stern tubes), 2 x machine guns

HMS Oxley (originally HMAS Oxley) was an Odin-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) then Royal Navy (RN). Very slightly off course, near Obrestad, on the south-western cape of Norway, she was hit by friendly fire seven days after the start of World War II costing 53 lives and leaving two survivors.