| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O1a |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Inverkeithing by Thos W Ward Ltd 24 August 1945 |
| 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
| 24-08-1925 | Laid Down |
| 07-09-1926 | Launched |
| 09-09-1927 | Completed |
| 24-08-1945 | Scrapped at Inverkeithing by Thos W Ward Ltd. |
Bill's prime Cause Celebre has resulted in his being included in the Guinness Book of Records as having made the deepest unaided ascent from a sunken submarine. He has other claims worthy of recognition, he was among those officers and men who trained many of the crews who joined the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla during WW2. This Flotilla consisted of X Craft and Two Man Chariots. It was based at Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute. The HQ was known as HMS Varbel.
'Underwater, underhanded and damned un-English' they might have been but submarine development and deployment has long been an integral part of naval warfare.
For centuries man has been fascinated with the possibility of an underwater vessel, the ultimate method of improving the odds against a superior surface fleet. Being submerged beneath the sea was the obvious means by which a warship could be approached and attacked without detection - but the attempts to create the perfect sub was a long and often tragic affair.
This DVD tracks the evolution of underwater crafts from the early Turtle to a privileged look inside the salvaged U-Boat 534 and beyond. Aboard the famous U-Boat 534 we examine the living conditions and the true bravery shown by all her crew.
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Bill's prime Cause Celebre has resulted in his being included in the Guinness Book of Records as having made the deepest unaided ascent from a sunken submarine. He has other claims worthy of recognition, he was among those officers and men who trained many of the crews who joined the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla during WW2. This Flotilla consisted of X Craft and Two Man Chariots. It was based at Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute. The HQ was known as HMS Varbel.
'Underwater, underhanded and damned un-English' they might have been but submarine development and deployment has long been an integral part of naval warfare.
For centuries man has been fascinated with the possibility of an underwater vessel, the ultimate method of improving the odds against a superior surface fleet. Being submerged beneath the sea was the obvious means by which a warship could be approached and attacked without detection - but the attempts to create the perfect sub was a long and often tragic affair.
This DVD tracks the evolution of underwater crafts from the early Turtle to a privileged look inside the salvaged U-Boat 534 and beyond. Aboard the famous U-Boat 534 we examine the living conditions and the true bravery shown by all her crew.
18 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
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