HMAS Orion

HMAS Orion

HMAS "Orion" (S 71) was an "Oberon" class submarine laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 6 October 1972, launched on 16 September 1974 and commissioned on 15 June 1977.

HMAS "Orion" paid off into reserve at Garden Island, Western Australia in 1996. She remained there for several years, until she was marked for disposal as scrap in September 2003.cite news |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/editions/4713/topstories/story15.htm |title=Sub set for scrap heap |first=Graham |last=Davis |work=Navy News |date=2004-06-29 |accessdate=2008-09-20] Efforts to hand her over to a State Government for preservation as a museum ship or sinking as a dive wreck failed, and submissions for disposal companies were closed off on 6 August 2004.

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