HMS Ocelot (S17)
_by_Mark.murphy.jpeg) HMS Ocelot in drydock at Chatham Dockyard |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Class and type: | Oberon-class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Ocelot |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 17 November 1960 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 31 January 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | August 1991 |
| Fate: | Now a museum ship |
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| Propulsion: | Diesel / Electric generator |
HMS Ocelot (S17) was an Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 17 November 1960, launched on 5 May 1962 and commissioned on 31 January 1964. She joined the 3rd Flotilla based at HMNB Clyde, in Faslane. HMS Ocelot was the last submarine built for the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, although three more 'O' class submarines—Ojibwa, Onondaga and Okanagan—were built for the Royal Canadian Navy.
HMS Ocelot was paid off in August 1991 as the conventional submarine fleet of the RN began to decline, making way for the nuclear fleet. She was sold in 1992 and preserved as a fully tourable museum in Chatham Historic Dockyard.
[edit] Gallery
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Torpedo tubes and escape hatch.
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The search periscope and the attack periscope.
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The Diesel Motors charge the batteries so she may travel silently using electric motors.
Ocelot will be 50 years old on the 5th May 2011 and the Historic Dockyard Chatham will be marking the occasion with celebrations!
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Media related to HMS Ocelot (S17) at Wikimedia Commons 50th birthday is on 5th May 2012
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