HMAS Otama
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HMAS Otama (S-72) was an Oberon class submarine laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 25 May 1973, launched on 3 December 1975 and commissioned on 27 April 1978. HMAS Otama paid off on 15 December 2000 and is preserved as a museum at Hastings in Victoria.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Australia also ordered five other O-class submarines: HMAS Oxley, HMAS Otway, HMAS Ovens, HMAS Onslow and HMAS Orion.
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External links
- 'Sub group fights battle of Hastings' - April 22, 2004 article in The Age newspaper on the future of the Otama
| Oberon-class submarine |
| Royal Navy |
| Oberon | Ocelot | Odin | Olympus | Onslaught | Onyx | Opportune | Opossum | Oracle | Orpheus | Osiris | Otter | Otus |
| Royal Australian Navy |
| Onslow | Orion | Otama | Otway | Ovens | Oxley |
| Royal Canadian Navy |
| Ojibwa | Okanagan | Onondaga | Olympus | Osiris |
| Brazilian Navy |
| Humaita | Riachuelo | Tonelero |
| Chilean Navy |
| O'Brien | Hyatt |
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List of submarines of the Royal Navy |