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Fleet at drydock, Garden Island Fleet July 2010

HMAS Onslow

Builder Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd

Date1968

Object numberON000001

NameSubmarine

MediumMetal

DimensionsVessel Dimensions: 89.91 m x 8.07 m x 5.48 m, 2221.54 tonnes (294.99 ft x 26.48 ft x 17.98 ft, 2186 tons)

ClassificationsVessels and fittings

DescriptionHMAS ONSLOW was the fourth of six Oberon class submarines that formed Australia's 1st Australian Submarine Squadron in the late 1960s. Built in Scotland to an English design they were the Royal Australian Navy's first post-World War II submarines and replaced an arrangement whereby British Royal Navy submarines were stationed in Australia. ONSLOW is one of two Oberons that were saved from being scrapped, and is currently on display, in its original condition, at the Australian National Maritime Museum.