Odin-class submarine


The Odin-class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype,, was followed by two boats originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six modified boats ordered for the RN. Three modified boats were built for the Chilean Navy as the s in 1929.

Design

The class was built to replace the ageing L-class submarines which did not have adequate endurance for use in the Pacific Ocean. These boats were theoretically able to dive to, though none were formally tested beyond. Armament consisted of eight torpedo tubes and one gun. The boats were of a saddle tank type with fuel carried in riveted external tanks. These external tanks proved vulnerable to leaking after depth charge damage, thus betraying the position of the submarine. These boats were the first British submarines fitted with Asdic and VLF radio which could be used at periscope depth.

Boats

Oxley-class submarines :
BoatBuilderLaunchedFate
Vickers, Barrow7 September 1926Scrapped, 1945
Vickers, Barrow29 September 1926Sunk in a friendly fire incident by near Norway, 10 September 1939

Odin-class submarines:
BoatBuilderLaunchedFate
Chatham Dockyard5 May 1928Sunk by in the Gulf of Taranto, 14 June 1940
William Beardmore and Company11 December 1928Mined off Malta, 8 May 1942
William Beardmore and Company26 February 1929Sunk by in the Mediterranean, 19 June 1940
Vickers, Barrow19 May 1928Scrapped, September 1946, Durban.
Vickers, Barrow19 June 1928Sunk by Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi off Calabria, 1 August 1940
Vickers, Barrow31 August 1928Scuttled, September 1946, off Durban.