HMS Otway
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For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Otway.
HMS Otway (originally HMAS Otway) was an Odin-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Navy (RN).
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HMS Otway | |
History | |
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Australia | |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs |
Laid down | March 1925 |
Launched | 7 September 1926 |
Commissioned | 15 June 1927 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1930 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Commissioned | 10 April 1931 |
Decommissioned | 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped in August 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
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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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