HMS Ocelot (S17)

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HMS Ocelot (S17) is an Template:Sclass diesel-electric submarine which was operated by the Royal Navy.

Design and construction

Template:Main 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 two Admiralty Standard Range 16 VMS diesel generators, and two Template:Convert electric motors, each driving a Template:Convert three-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 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 and 62 sailors.<ref name=Moore490/>

Ocelot was laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 17 November 1960, and launched on 5 May 1962.<ref name=Moore490/> The boat was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 31 January 1964.<ref name=Moore490/> Ocelot was the last submarine built for the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, although three more Oberons; Ojibwa, Onondaga and Okanagan—were built for the Royal Canadian Navy.Template:Citation needed

Operational history

After commissioning, Ocelot was assigned to the 3rd Submarine Squadron, based at HMNB Clyde, in Faslane, serving there for three years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

During the 1960s, Ocelot took part in clandestine missions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ocelot attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla.<ref>Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO</ref>

Decommissioning and fate

HMS Ocelot was paid off in August 1991 as the conventional submarine fleet of the RN began to decline, making way for the nuclear fleet. She was sold in 1992 and preserved as a fully tourable museum in Chatham Historic Dockyard.

In November 2013 the interior of HMS Ocelot was added to Google Street View<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> by Google Business Photos<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Agency, CInsideMedia Ltd.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Publications

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External links

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