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 |
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| 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 & type | Odin-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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.