HMS Oberon (S09)

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HMS Oberon was the lead ship of the Oberon-class submarines, operated by the Royal Navy.

Design and construction

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Oberon class was a direct follow on of the Porpoise-class, with the same dimensions and external design, but updates to equipment and internal fittings, and a higher grade of steel used for fabrication of the pressure hull.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

As designed for British service, the Oberon-class submarines were Template:Convert in length between perpendiculars and Template:Convert in length overall, with a beam of Template:Convert, and a draught of Template:Convert.<ref name=Moore490>Template:Cite book</ref> Displacement was 1,610 tons standard, 2,030 tons full load when surfaced, and 2,410 tons full load when submerged.<ref name=Moore490/> Propulsion machinery consisted of 2 Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators, and two Template:Convert electric motors, each driving a Template:Convert 3-bladed propeller at up to 400 rpm.<ref name=Moore490/> Top speed was Template:Convert when submerged, and Template:Convert on the surface.<ref name=Moore490/> Eight Template:Convert diameter torpedo tubes were fitted (six facing forward, two aft), with a total payload of 24 torpedoes.<ref name=Moore490/> The boats were fitted with Type 186 and Type 187 sonars, and an I-band surface search radar.<ref name=Moore490/> The standard complement was 68: 6 officers, 62 sailors.<ref name=Moore490/>

Oberon was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 28 November 1957, and launched on 18 July 1959.<ref name=Moore490/> She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 24 February 1961.<ref name=Moore490/> Oberon cost £2.43 million.Template:Citation needed She was the first of the class to have a deeper casing installed to house the equipment for initial training of SSN crews.<ref name=Moore490/>

Operational history

Ran aground in Rothesay Bay - early 1960s - soon refloated.

Decommissioning and fate

Oberon was paid off in 1986. She was sold in 1987 to the Seaforth Group to be refitted for resale to Egypt, but was broken up at Grimsby in 1991.

References

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| last1 = Colledge
| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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