Otway (N 51)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O1a |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Inverkeithing by Thos W Ward Ltd 24 August 1945 |
Otway
Otway
Otway
Commanders
| 1933: | Lieutenant Commander | Evelyn Seccombe Felton | |
| 1937: | Lieutenant Commander | Henry Carlton Cumberbatch | |
| 1938: | Lieutenant Commander | Henry Carlton Cumberbatch | |
| 1939: | Commander | Harold Robson Conway | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant Commander | Donald Emberton Mansfield | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Edward Dudley Norman | |
| 1940: | Lieutenant | Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant Commander | John Robert Garstin Harvey | |
| 1941: | Lieutenant | Robert Julian Clutterbuck | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant Commander | John Robert Garstin Harvey | |
| 1942: | Commander | Howard Francis Bone | DSO DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Hugh Bentley Turner | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | David Roger Oakeley Mott | DSC |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | John Philip Holroyde Oakley | DSC |
| 1943: | Lieutenant Commander | John Robert Garstin Harvey | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Michael Beauchamp St John | DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Hugh Bentley Turner | DSC |
| 1945: | Lieutenant Commander | Robert Boyd | DSO DSC MID |
| 1945: | Temporary Acting Lieutenant | John Leslie Stevens (SANFV) | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant | William Hedley Kett (RNR) | DSC |
| 1945: | Acting Lieutenant Commander | Richard Gatehouse | DSC |
Built for the Royal Australian Navy. One of two ocean going submarines ordered.
On their eleven day delivery voyage to Australia in 1928, Oxley and Otway encountered very severe weather in the Bay of Biscay which badly strained their engine columns, forcing them to remain in Malta for several months whilst British experts repaired the damage.
Whilst at Malta they were reduced to a Reserve state and were unable to leave Malta until November of 1928.
After useful service in the Royal Australian Navy, the two vessels were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1931 where they served in the Home Flotilla
1931 -1936: Mediterranean.
1937 - 1938: Portsmouth.
1938 - 1939: Reserve.
1939 - 1941: Mediterranean and Home
1941 - 1944: Training A/S Escorts
Events
| 24-08-1925 | Laid Down |
| 07-09-1926 | Launched |
| 09-09-1927 | Completed |
| 24-08-1945 | Scrapped at Inverkeithing by Thos W Ward Ltd. |
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