Royal Australian Navy – Submarines

Submarines

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Attack Submarines (Diesel-Electric)

Collins Class LOA 254′ / 77.4 m TDISP 3,400 tons submerged. (6 active, service since 1996)

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HMAS Sheean at HMAS Stirling public event, 2006. Credit: Photographs by Gnangarra…commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY 2.5 AU ,via Wikimedia Commons

Collins class sub HMAS Stirling 2017Collins class subs HMAS Stirling 2016

Oberon class LOA 295′ / 89.9 m TDISP 2,400 tons submerged. (6 built for Australia, service 1969-2000, 2 preserved,  1 monument. For other Oberon boats see RN submarines listing)

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HMAS Ovens S-70 preserved out of the water at the Western Australia Maritime Museum, 2012. Credit: Ché Lydia Xyang, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

HMAS Onslow S-60 (1969-1999) HMAS Onslow S-60 Museum boat Sydney 2015

HMAS Otama S-62 (1978-2000) scrapped 2022. Had been laid up in Western Port Bay, Victoria for almost 20 years, awaiting preservation. As of 2021, had deteriorated and was listing badly.HMAS Otama Western Port Bay VICTORIA 2015

HMAS Ovens S-70 (1969-1995) Preserved at Western Australia Maritime Museum since 1998. HMAS Ovens S-70 Museum boat Fremantle 2017

HMAS Otway S-59 (1968-1994) Museum and memorial at Holbrook, NSW since 1997. The upper casing, fin, and stern were preserved and moved inland to Holbrook. HMAS Otway Holbrook memorial 2019

HMAS / HMS J-7 J-Class (1919-1924 in RAN service, transferred from RN, 1917-1919) submarine LOA 275’/84m TDISP 1,750 tons submerged. Scuttled as a breakwater and mooring point at the Sandringham Yacht Club, Port Phillip, Victoria, since 1930. HMAS HMS J-7 Port Phillip Bay Aus 2009

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