AUSTRALIA’S SUBMARINES
SEUUND* ONLY TO W CHILD'S GIANT LONDON, April 4. The Australian submarines, the Oxley and the Otway, will be the largest and most effective yet' built after the giant XI (says tiie Observer). They will contain improvements on (lie Oberon, now undergoing her trials. Although the . constructional details and armament of the latter are a closelyguarded secret, it is known that the Oheron s displacement is 1546 tons on the surface and 1750 tons submerged. That of the Australian vessels will hr 1400 tons on the surface and 1060 submerged. They will also be faster under the water than any class except the XI, but their speed has not been revealed. All the Powers are making efforts to lessen the dilforonce bet ween surface and submerged speed. Italy is credited with Hie greatest success, although comparisons arc not available. The Oxley was commissioned yesterday, and attached to the submarine depot. at Fort lsloeklmn.se. Exhaustive trials of the Oxley and the Otway will lie made prior to their departure for Australia.
The cost, of The upkeep of the Oberon is officially estimated at 113,000 a year.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16317, 18 April 1927, Page 12
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187AUSTRALIA’S SUBMARINES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16317, 18 April 1927, Page 12
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