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Name: | Oberon (S09) |
Namesake: | Oberon - King of Shadows |
Builder: | Chatham Dockyard, England |
Laid down: | 28 November 1957 |
Launched: | 18 July 1959 |
Commissioned: | 24 February 1961 |
Decommissioned: | 1986 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Oberon class |
Propulsion: | Diesel/Electric generator |
HMS Oberon was the first of the Oberon-class submarines. She was built by HM Dockyard, Chatham and was laid down on 28 November 1957. She was commissioned on 24 February 1961.
Oberon cost £2.43 million. She was the first of the class to have a deeper casing installed to house the equipment for initial training of SSN crews.
Oberon was paid off in 1986. She was sold in 1987 to the Seaforth Group to be refitted for resale to Egypt, but was broken up at Grimsby in 1991.
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