From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
| Career (Australia) |
 |
| Builder: |
Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down: |
March 1925 |
| Launched: |
7 September 1926 |
| Acquired: |
10 May 1930 |
| Commissioned: |
15 June 1927 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped 1945 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
1,420 tons (surfaced), 1,835 tons (submerged) |
| Length: |
275 ft (83.8 m) |
| Beam: |
27 ft 7 in (8.4 m) |
| Draught: |
14 ft 9 in (4.5 m) |
| Speed: |
15.5 knots (surfaced), 9 knots (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 was an Odin class submarine laid down by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness in England in March 1925, launched on 7 September 1926 and commissioned on 15 June 1927 for the Royal Australian Navy. Originally HMAS Otway, she was paid off into Reserve on 10 May 1930, before for transfer to the Royal Navy on 9 April 1931 and commissioned as HMS Otway on 10 April 1931.
[edit] References
