HMAS Otway (I)
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| Type | Odin Class Submarine |
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| Laid down | March 1925 |
| Launched | 7 September 1926 |
| Completed | 9 September 1927 |
| Builder | Vickers Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England |
| Commissioned | 1 April 1927 |
| Displacement | 1,835 tons (submerged) 1,420 tons (surfaced) |
| Length | 275 feet83.82 m 8,382 cm 0.0838 km 0.0521 mi 3,300 in |
| Beam | 27 feet 7 inches |
| Draught | 14 feet 9 inches |
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| Speed | 9 knots4.63 m/s 16.668 km/h 0.00463 km/s 911.418 ft/min 15.19 ft/s (submerged) 15.5 knots (surfaced) |
| Complement | 5 officers, 48 ratings |
HMAS OTWAY was commissioned on 1 April 1927 under the command of Lieutenant Commander George J.D. Tweedy RN.
OTWAY departed Portsmouth, in company with her sister ship HMAS OXLEY, on 8 February 1928 and proceeded to Malta where both submarines were based until November 1928.
On 15 November they departed Malta and proceeding via the Suez Canal and Singapore, arrived in Sydney on 14 February 1929. The remainder of OTWAY’s service with the Royal Australian Navy was confined to exercises of the New South Wales coast.
On 10 May 1930 both OTWAY and OXLEY paid off into Reserve, alternating with each other once weekly for diving exercises. OTWAY paid off on 9 April 1931 for transfer to the Royal Navy, commissioning as HMS OTWAY on 10 April 1931. She sailed from Sydney on 29 April 1931, in company with OXLEY, for Malta.
During the Second World War OTWAY saw service in the Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean and in home waters around England.
OTWAY paid off on 24 August 1945 and was handed over to the British Iron and Steel Corporation. She was subsequently scrapped by Messrs T.W. Ward of Inverkeithing, who completed demolition towards the end of 1946.
Further Reading
- Australian Submarines: A History by Michael W. D. White - published by AGPS Press, Canberra 1992
