- Odin class submarine
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Oxley and OtwayClass overview Operators: 
Royal NavyPreceded 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) submergedLength: 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 screwsSpeed: 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) submergedRange: 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) submergedTest depth: 300 ft (91 m) Complement: 54 Armament: • 8 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern) with 16 reloads
• 2 × Lewis machine guns
• 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XII deck gunThe Odin class submarine (or "O class") was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype 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.
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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 Chatham Dockyard 24 September 1926 Scrapped 1945 Oxley class submarines :
Ship Builder Launched Fate 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 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 Mediterranean, 19 June 1940 Vickers, Barrow 19 May 1928 Scrapped in September 1946 in Durban. Calbria, 1 August 1940 edit] See also 
Media related to Odin class submarines at Wikimedia CommonsReferences
- 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
Odin-class submarine
Royal NavyOberon group
Chilean Navy
Capitan O'Brien classL class · Followed by: Parthian class
List of submarines of the Royal Navy · List of submarine classes of the Royal NavyCategories:- Odin class submarines
- Submarine classes
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