Large Patrol Submarine
Type:
Oberon Class
'Attack Submarine' SSK
Pennant No.:
S09
Laid Down:
28th November 1957.
H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.
Commissioned:
24th February 1961.
Not known at present.
Commander:
196?
Lt. Cdr. J.P. Merewether.
Mar. 1964 - 1965
Lt. Cdr. C. E. Gibson.
1965 - 1967
Lt. Cdr. P. Cookson.
July 1969
Lt. Cdr. T.E. Woods.
1973 - 1974
Lt. Cdr. M. Boyce.
1978 - 1979
Lt. Cdr. M. P. Gilbert.
1982
Lt. Cdr. N. Harris.
Complement:
71
6 Officers and 65 Others.
Service Career:
1961 - 1963
3rd Sqdn, HMS Adamant/Maidstone, Faslane.
1964 - 1967
7th Sqdn, Singapore.
1967 - 1969
Refit - Portsmouth.
1969 - 1971
7th Sqdn, Singapore.
1972 - 1974
3rd Sqdn, Faslne.
1974 - 1976
Refit - Portsmouth.
1976 - 1980
1st Sqdn, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
1980 - 1982
Refit - Devonport.
1982 - 1986
1st Sqdn, HMS Dolphin, Gosport.
Fate:
Oberon was decommissioned on 10th October 1986. She was sold to Seaforth Ship Repairers in 1987 and scrapped in 1991.