Two Admiralty 16VVs- ASR1 diesel engines 3680
bhp. Two electric motors 6,000 shp. Two shafts
Speed (kts):
15 sf 17 sm
Oil Supply (tons):
na
Armament:
8 x 21 inch tubes. 6 bow, 2 stern. 24
reloads.
Range:
9,000 nm at 12 kts sf
Complement:
6 Officers and 62
Others.
Submarine
Pennant
Builder
Laid Down
Launch
Commissioned
Oberon
S09
Chatham Dockyard
28 Nov 57
18 Jul 59
24 Feb 61
Onslaught
S14
Chatham Dockyard
08 Apr 59
24 Sep 60
14 Aug 62
Orpheus
S11
Vickers (Barrow)
16 Apr 59
17 Nov 59
25 Nov 60
Odin
S10
Cammell Laird (Birkenhead)
27 Apr 59
04 Nov 60
03 May 62
Otter
S15
Scotts (Greenock)
14 Jan 60
15 May 61
20 Aug 62
Olympus
S12
Vickers (Barrow)
04 Mar 60
14 Jun 61
07 Jul 62
Oracle
S16
Cammell Laird (Birkenhead)
26 Apr 60
26 Sep 61
14 Feb 63
Ocelot
S18
Chatham Dockyard
17 Nov 60
05 May 62
31 Jan 64
Otus
S18
Scotts (Greenock)
31 May 61
17 Oct 62
05 Oct 63
Opossum
S19
Cammell Laird (Birkenhead)
21 Dec 61
23 May 63
05 Jun 64
Opportune
S20
Scotts (Greenock)
26 Oct 62
14 Feb 64
29 Dec 64
Osiris
S13
Vickers (Barrow)
26 Jan 63
29 Nov 62
11 Jan 64
Onyx
S21
Cammell Laird (Birkenhead)
16 Nov 64
18 Aug 66
20 Nov 67
These boats were a
further improvement on the British Porpoise Class.They were
classified as the finest conventional submarines in the
world during their existence.
Also other Navies
used these submarines, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Chile.
