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HMAS ''Ovens'' (S 70) was an ''Oberon'' class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was one of six ''Oberon''s built for the Royal Australian Navy by the Scottish Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, and entered service in 1969. During her career, ''Ovens'' was the first RAN submarine to deploy with the ANZUK force, and the first RAN submarine to fire an armed Mark 48 torpedo, sinking the target ship . The boat was decommissioned in 1995, and is preserved at the Western Australian Maritime Museum as a museum ship. ==Design and construction== (詳細は''Porpoise'' class of submarines, with changes made to improve the vessels' hull integrity, sensor systems, and stealth capabilities.〔Chant, ''A Compedium of Armaments and Military Hardware'', pp. 167–8〕 Eight submarines were ordered for the RAN, in two batches of four.〔Cooper, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 188〕 The first batch (including ''Ovens'') was approved in 1963, and the second batch was approved during the late 1960s, although two of these were cancelled before construction started in 1969, with the funding redirected to the Fleet Air Arm.〔Cooper, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 194〕〔Bastock, ''Australia's Ships of War'', p. 366〕 This was the fourth time the RAN had attempted to establish a submarine branch.〔Dennis et al., ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Military history'', p. 399〕 The submarine was long, with a beam of , and a draught of when surfaced.〔 At full load displacement, she displaced 2,030 tons when surfaced, and 2,410 tons when submerged.〔 The two propeller shafts were each driven by an English Electric motor providing 3,500 brake horsepower and 4,500 shaft horsepower; the electricity for these was generated by two Admiralty Standard Range supercharged V16 diesel generators.〔Shaw, ''HMAS Onslow'', p. 15〕 The submarine could travel at up to on the surface, and up to when submerged, had a maximum range of at , and a test depth of below sea level.〔〔 When launched, the boat had a company of 8 officers and 56 sailors, but by the time she decommissioned, the number of sailors had increased to 60.〔〔 In addition, up to 16 trainees could be carried.〔 The main armament of the ''Oberon''s consisted of six torpedo tubes.〔 The British Mark 8 torpedo was initially carried by the submarine; this was later replaced by the wire-guided Mark 23.〔Shaw, ''HMAS Onslow'', p. 21〕 Between March 1980 and August 1982, the Australian ''Oberons'' were upgraded to carry United States Navy Mark 48 torpedoes and UGM-84 Sub Harpoon anti-ship missiles.〔〔〔 As of 1996, the standard payload of an Australian ''Oberon'' was a mix of 20 Mark 48 Mod 4 torpedoes and Sub Harpoon missiles.〔 Some or all of the torpedo payload could be replaced by Mark 5 Stonefish sea mines, which were deployed through the torpedo tubes.〔Sharpe (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996–1997'', p. 23〕〔 On entering service, two stern-mounted, short-length torpedo tubes for Mark 20 anti-submarine torpedoes.〔 However, the development of steerable wire-guided torpedoes made the less-capable aft-firing torpedoes redundant; they were closed off, and later removed during a refit.〔Shaw, ''HMAS Onslow'', p. 19〕 ''Ovens'' was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 17 June 1966, launched on 4 December 1967, and commissioned into the RAN on 18 April 1969.〔Sharped (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1992–93'', p. 22〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS ''Ovens'' (S 70) was an ''Oberon'' class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was one of six ''Oberon''s built for the Royal Australian Navy by the Scottish Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, and entered service in 1969. During her career, ''Ovens'' was the first RAN submarine to deploy with the ANZUK force, and the first RAN submarine to fire an armed Mark 48 torpedo, sinking the target ship . The boat was decommissioned in 1995, and is preserved at the Western Australian Maritime Museum as a museum ship.==Design and construction==(詳細はOberon class submarineを参照)The ''Oberon'' class was based heavily on the preceding ''Porpoise'' class of submarines, with changes made to improve the vessels' hull integrity, sensor systems, and stealth capabilities.Chant, ''A Compedium of Armaments and Military Hardware'', pp. 167–8 Eight submarines were ordered for the RAN, in two batches of four.Cooper, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 188 The first batch (including ''Ovens'') was approved in 1963, and the second batch was approved during the late 1960s, although two of these were cancelled before construction started in 1969, with the funding redirected to the Fleet Air Arm.Cooper, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 194Bastock, ''Australia's Ships of War'', p. 366 This was the fourth time the RAN had attempted to establish a submarine branch.Dennis et al., ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Military history'', p. 399The submarine was long, with a beam of , and a draught of when surfaced. At full load displacement, she displaced 2,030 tons when surfaced, and 2,410 tons when submerged. The two propeller shafts were each driven by an English Electric motor providing 3,500 brake horsepower and 4,500 shaft horsepower; the electricity for these was generated by two Admiralty Standard Range supercharged V16 diesel generators.Shaw, ''HMAS Onslow'', p. 15 The submarine could travel at up to on the surface, and up to when submerged, had a maximum range of at , and a test depth of below sea level. When launched, the boat had a company of 8 officers and 56 sailors, but by the time she decommissioned, the number of sailors had increased to 60. In addition, up to 16 trainees could be carried.The main armament of the ''Oberon''s consisted of six torpedo tubes. The British Mark 8 torpedo was initially carried by the submarine; this was later replaced by the wire-guided Mark 23.Shaw, ''HMAS Onslow'', p. 21 Between March 1980 and August 1982, the Australian ''Oberons'' were upgraded to carry United States Navy Mark 48 torpedoes and UGM-84 Sub Harpoon anti-ship missiles. As of 1996, the standard payload of an Australian ''Oberon'' was a mix of 20 Mark 48 Mod 4 torpedoes and Sub Harpoon missiles. Some or all of the torpedo payload could be replaced by Mark 5 Stonefish sea mines, which were deployed through the torpedo tubes.Sharpe (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996–1997'', p. 23 On entering service, two stern-mounted, short-length torpedo tubes for Mark 20 anti-submarine torpedoes. However, the development of steerable wire-guided torpedoes made the less-capable aft-firing torpedoes redundant; they were closed off, and later removed during a refit.Shaw, ''HMAS Onslow'', p. 19''Ovens'' was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 17 June 1966, launched on 4 December 1967, and commissioned into the RAN on 18 April 1969.Sharped (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1992–93'', p. 22」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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