HMS Oberon (P21)

HMS Oberon at sea, bow and stern images
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Oberon
Laid down:	22 March 1924
Launched:	24 September 1926
Commissioned:	24 August 1927
Decommissioned:	5 July 1944
Identification:	Pennant number P21
Fate:	Scrapped 1945
General characteristics
Class and type:	Odin-class submarine
Displacement:	1,311 long tons (1,332 t) surfaced 1,892 long tons (1,922 t) submerged
Length:	275 ft (84 m)
Beam:	28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric 2 × diesel engines, 4,600 hp (3,400 kW) 2 × electric motors, 350 hp (260 kW) 2 screws
Speed:	15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 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 (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads 1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XII deck gun 2 × Lewis machine guns

HMS Oberon was an Odin-class submarine of the Royal Navy.

Service History

Oberon was the first of the O-Class submarines. She was laid down on 24 September 1926 at the Chatham Dockyard. She was commissioned on 24 August 1927. On 11 October 1935, she collided with the destroyer Thanet at Devonport.^[1] Placed in reserve in 1937, Oberon was recommissioned on 2 August 1939 and was used for training during World War II. She was decommissioned at Blyth on 5 July 1944 and was sold for scrap on 24 August 1945.

Notes

References

• Akermann, Paul (2002). Encyclopaedia of British Submarines 1901–1955 (reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 1-904381-05-7. 
• Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6. 
• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7. 
• 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. 
• McCartney, Innes (2006). British Submarines 1939–1945. New Vanguard. 129. Oxford, UK: Osprey. ISBN 1-84603-007-2. 

Odin-class submarines
Royal Navy	Oberon group Oberon Oxley group Otway Oxley Odin group Odin Olympus Orpheus Osiris Oswald Otus
Royal Australian Navy	Otway Oxley
Chilean Navy Capitan O'Brien class	Almirante Simpson Capitan O'Brien Capitan Thompson
Preceded by: L class Followed by: Parthian class List of submarines of the Royal Navy List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy