Odin-class submarine | |
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Oxley and Otway | |
Class overview | |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
Preceded by: | L class |
Succeeded by: | Parthian class |
In commission: | 22 July 1927—1959 |
Completed: | 12 |
Lost: | 6 |
Retired: | 12 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: |
Group 1: 1,311 long tons (1,332 t) surfaced 1,892 long tons (1,922 t) submerged Group 2: 1,781 long tons (1,810 t) surfaced 2,030 long tons (2,060 t) submerged |
Length: |
Group 1: 275 ft (84 m) Group 2: 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) |
Beam: |
Group 1: 28 ft (8.5 m) Group 2: 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Propulsion: |
Diesel-electric 2 × diesel engines, 4,600 hp 2 × electric motors, 350 hp 2 screws |
Speed: |
Group 1: 15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged Group 2: 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged |
Range: |
8,400 nmi (15,600 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) surfaced 70 nmi (130 km) at 4 kn (4.6 mph; 7.4 km/h) submerged |
Test depth: | 300 ft (91 m) |
Complement: | 54 |
Armament: |
• 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads |
The Odin class submarine (or "O class") was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype Oberon was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six modified boats ordered for the RN. Three modified ships were built for the Chilean Navy as the Capitan O'Brien-class submarines in 1929.
Design[]
They were built to replace the ageing L-class submarines which did not have adequate endurance in the Pacific. These boats were theoretically able to dive to 500 feet, though none were formally tested beyond 300 feet. Armament consisted of eight 21-inch torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) and one 4-inch gun. The boats were of a saddle tank type with fuel carried in riveted external tanks. These external tanks proved vulnerable to leaking after depth charge damage betraying the position of the submarine. These boats were the first British submarines fitted with Asdic and VLF radio which could be used at periscope depth.
Ships[]
Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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Oberon (ex-O1) | Chatham Dockyard | 24 September 1926 | Scrapped 1945 |
Oxley class submarines :
Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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Otway | Vickers, Barrow | 7 September 1926 | Scrapped 1945 |
Oxley | Vickers, Barrow | 29 September 1926 | Sunk in a friendly fire incident by Triton near Norway, 10 September 1939 |
Odin class submarines:
Ship | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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Odin | Chatham Dockyard | 5 May 1928 | Sunk by Italian destroyer Strale in the Gulf of Taranto, 14 June 1940 |
Olympus | William Beardmore and Company | 11 December 1928 | Mined off Malta, 8 May 1942 |
Orpheus | William Beardmore and Company | 26 February 1929 | Sunk by Italian destroyer Turbine in the Mediterranean, 19 June 1940 |
Osiris | Vickers, Barrow | 19 May 1928 | Scrapped in September 1946 in Durban. |
Oswald | Vickers, Barrow | 19 June 1928 | Sunk by Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi off Calbria, 1 August 1940 |
Otus | Vickers, Barrow | 31 August 1928 | Scuttled in September 1946 off Durban. |
See also[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Odin class submarines. |
References[]
- Submariners Association: O Class
- Battleships-cruisers.co.uk: Odin Class
- Uboat.net
- D.K. Brown, Nelson to Vanguard, Chatham Maritime Press ISBN 1-86176-136-8
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, By Robert Hutchinson
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