HMAS Otway (S 59)
The casing and fin of HMAS Otway, at Holbrook, New South Wales | |
| History | |
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| 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 & type | Oberon-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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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) |
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| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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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.