For other ships of the same name, see HMAS Otway.
| HMS Otway | |
|---|---|
 HMS Otway | |
| Career (Australia) |  |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down: | March 1925 |
| Launched: | 7 September 1926 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1927 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 May 1930 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Navy |
| Career (United Kingdom) | |
| Acquired: | 9 April 1931 |
| Commissioned: | 10 April 1931 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Odin-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
1,420 long tons (1,440 t) (surfaced) 1,835 long tons (1,864 t) (submerged) |
| Length: | 275 ft (83.8 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 7 in (8.41 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
| Speed: |
15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 48 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 x 4-inch (102 mm) gun, 8 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow tubes, 2 stern tubes) |
HMS Otway (originally HMAS Otway) was an Odin-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Navy (RN).
Otway was laid down by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness in England in March 1925. She was launched on 7 September 1926, and commissioned into the RAN on 15 June 1927.
Otway was paid off into Reserve on 10 May 1930, before the submarine was transferred to the RN on 9 April 1931 and commissioned as HMS Otway on 10 April 1931.
Otway was scrapped in 1945.
References[]
- "HMAS Otway (I)". Sea Power Centre Australia. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20110303221929/http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Otway_(I).
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