HMAS Otway (S-59)

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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Otway.

The outer hull of HMAS Otway, at Holbrook, New South Wales
Career Australia RAN Ensign
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down: 29 June 1965
Launched: 29 November 1966
Commissioned: 23 April 1968
Decommissioned: 17 February 1994
Status: Decomissioned, now a monument
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2400 tons
Length: 90 m
Beam: 8.1 m
Draught: 5.5 m
Propulsion: 2 shafts, two 3680 hp (2.7 MW) Admiralty Standard Range diesel generators, two 12000 hp (8.9 MW) English Electric main motors
Speed: 12 knots (22 knots sumberged)
Range: 17,000 km at 12 knots
Complement: 62
Armament: 8 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern. 24 torpedoes) Equipped to use Harpoon missiles

The second HMAS Otway (S-59) was an Oberon class submarine laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 29 June 1965, launched on 29 November 1966 and commissioned on 23 April 1968.

HMAS Otway paid off on 17 February 1994 and was sold in November 1995. The casing and fin of Otway is on display at a park at Holbrook in southern New South Wales.

HMAS Otway's fin on display at Holbrook, New South Wales
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HMAS Otway's fin on display at Holbrook, New South Wales


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