| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | Scrapped in July 1971 at Inverkeithing. |
| 1946: | Lieutenant | John Evelyn Moore |
| 31-05-1944 | Laid Down |
| 18-02-1946 | Launched |
| 11-12-1946 | Completed |
| 24-06-1971 | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 24 June 1971. Scrapped at Inverkeithing |
| Length overall | 280 ft 6in |
| Beam | 22 ft |
| Depth | 16ft |
| Displacement | 1385 tons (surface) |
| 1620 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 18.5 knots (design) |
| Submarged 8 knots (design) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 4 x 21 inch stern tubes (2 external) | |
| 20 torpedoes carried | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| 1 x 20mm Qerlikon cannon | |
| 3 x 0.303in machine-guns | |
| Endurance | Surface: 10 500 miles at 11 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 55 Ratings. |
| 6 Officers and 58 Ratings after modernisation. |
| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | |
| Stripped down by Cammell Laird in 1993 and all parts (even the complete engines) shipped to Canada and used as spares for their O boats | |
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| Length overall | 280 ft 6in |
| Beam | 22 ft |
| Depth | 16ft |
| Displacement | 1385 tons (surface) |
| 1620 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 18.5 knots (design) |
| Submarged 8 knots (design) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 4 x 21 inch stern tubes (2 external) | |
| 20 torpedoes carried | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| 1 x 20mm Qerlikon cannon | |
| 3 x 0.303in machine-guns | |
| Endurance | Surface: 10 500 miles at 11 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 55 Ratings. |
| 6 Officers and 58 Ratings after modernisation. |
| Class: | 1959 - 1998: Oberon Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | |
| Stripped down by Cammell Laird in 1993 and all parts (even the complete engines) shipped to Canada and used as spares for their O boats | |
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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