HMS Oberon (S09)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Oberon.

HMS Oberon (S09)
Career (United Kingdom)
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 & 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.

Commanding Officers

From	To	Captain
1973	1974	Lieutenant Commander Michael Boyce RN
1978	1979	Lieutenant Commander M P Gilbert RN

References

• Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day, by Robert Hutchinson
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.