HMAS Onslow - Sydney Australia
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paulspaper
S 33° 52.182 E 151° 11.940
56H E 333417 N 6250831
HMAS Onslow (S-60) was an Oberon-class submarine, named after an Australian river whose name in turn was derived from a pioneering family famous in early Australian history (the town of Onslow in Western Australia was also named after a family member
Waymark Code: WM41PH
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/24/2008
Published By:
C4A
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This submarine is in the Australian Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney. There is not cost to enter the wonderful musuem but all of the ships/boats docked here have an entry fee.
The British designed Oberons were a product of Britain's World War II submarine experience. Their versatility lay in their ability to be silent and 'invisible' - to watch, listen and collect information without being detected.
The Oberon class submarine played a vital role protecting Australia for more than 30 years, from 1967 through to 2000. They were commissioned in the middle years of the cold war, a dangerous period of intense military competition and tension between the communist block under the Soviet Union and the United States of America and its allies.
Type of vessel: Oberon-class submarine Laid down: 26 May 1967
Admission? Cost?: 18.00
Date: 05/26/1967
Hours of use: Not listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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