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Oxley 1980  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Oxley	S57, 1969- 57		Scotts, Greenock, UK	2.7.1964	24.9.1965	27.3.1967	decommissioned 2.1992, sold
Otway	S59, 1969- 59		Scotts, Greenock, UK	29.6.1965	29.11.1966	23.4.1968	decommissioned 2.1994, sold 1995
Ovens	70		Scotts, Greenock, UK	17.6.1966	4.12.1967	18.4.1969	decommissioned 12.1995, preserved 1998
Onslow	60		Scotts, Greenock, UK	4.12.1967	3.12.1968	22.12.1969	decommissioned 3.1999, preserved 1999
Orion	61		Scott Lithgow, Greenock, UK	6.10.1972	16.9.1974	15.6.1977	decommissioned 1996, sold 2003
Otama	62		Scott Lithgow, Greenock, UK	25.5.1973	3.12.1975	27.4.1978	decommissioned 12.2000, preserved 2001

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1610
Displacement normal, t	2030 / 2410
Length, m	73.4 pp 88.5 oa
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	5.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 16-cyl ASR 1 diesels / 2 English Electric electric motors
Power, h. p.	3680 / 6000
Max speed, kts	12 / 17
Fuel, t	diesel oil 258
Endurance, nm(kts)	9000(12) /
Armament	8 - 533 TT (6 fwd, 2 aft, 30)
Electronic equipment	type 1006 radar, type 187C, type 197, type 2007, BQQ-4 Micropuffs sonars
Complement	64
Diving depth operational, m	230

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Project history

Virtually identical to the British Oberon design, built 1964-78.

Modernizations

1980, Oxley; 1981, Otway; 1982, Ovens; 1983, Orion; 1984, Onslow; 1985, Otama: - 2 - 533 TT (aft), type 187C, type 197 sonars; armament consisted of 6 - 533 TT (20 UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon SSM and Mk 48 torpedoes); + CSU3-41 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.