HMS Oberon (S09)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Oberon (S09) |
| Namesake | Oberon - King of Shadows |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard, England |
| Laid down | 28 November 1957 |
| Launched | 18 July 1959 |
| Commissioned | 24 February 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 1986 |
| Status | Sold for scrap on 6 May 1991, at Grimsby. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oberon class |
| Propulsion | Diesel/Electric generator |
HMS Oberon was the first of the Oberon-class submarines. She was built by HM Dockyard, Chatham and was laid down on 28 November 1957. She was commissioned on 24 February 1961.
Oberon cost £2.43 million. She was the first of the class to have a deeper casing installed to house the equipment for initial training of SSN crews.
Oberon was paid off in 1986. She was sold in 1987 to the Seaforth Group to be refitted for resale to Egypt, but was broken up at Grimsby in 1991.
Commanding Officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1966 | Lieutenant-Commander C E Gibson RN |
| 1973 | 1974 | Lieutenant Commander Michael Boyce RN |
| 1978 | 1979 | Lieutenant Commander M P Gilbert RN |
References
- Submarines, war beneath the waves, from 1776 to the present day, by Robert Hutchinson
- 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.
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