HMAS OTAMA

HMAS OTAMA
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 735

Last Name: OTAMA
Propulsion: 2 x mechanically supercharged Admiralty Standard Range (ASR 1) diesels with 2 x English Electric generators Speed: 15+ knots submerged
Launched: Wednesday, 03/12/1975
Built: 1978
Ship Type: Submarine
Ship's Role: Oberon class
Tonnage: 2186 tons surfaced 2417 tons dived
Length: 297 feet
Breadth: 26.5 feet
Owner History:
Australian Navy
Status: Static Role - 30/11/2008

Remarks: The last of the Oberon class, like her sister ONSLOW launched on the same day in 1968, she became a static attraction at Hastings, Victoria, Australia in 2002. The venture apparently failing in November 2008 she is now up for sale.
Previous update by Brian Hargreaves
Photo supplied by Paul Strathdee

Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron




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