HMS Otus (S18)

HMS Otus

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Submarine class Oberon class Shipyard Scotts , Greenock Build number 688 Launch 17th October 1962 Commissioning 5th October 1963 Whereabouts Museum ship

Ship dimensions and crew length 90.7 m ( Lüa ) width 8.1 m Draft Max. 4.5 m displacement surfaced: 2030 t submerged: 2,410 t   crew 68 men

Machine system machine Diesel- electric 2 diesel Machine performance 3,680 PS (2,707 kW)

Mission data submarine Immersion depth, max. 300 m Top speed submerged 12.5 kn (23 km / h) Top speed surfaced 17.5 kn (32 km / h)

Armament 8 × torpedo tube ∅ 53.3 cm (6 bow, 2 stern, 21  Shot)

HMS Otus is a submarine of the Oberon class of the British Royal Navy .

The submarine was put into service with the Royal Navy in 1963 and served there in the First U-Boat Squadron.

The Otus was used during the Falklands War and in the Persian Gulf . After 28 years of service, the Otus was decommissioned in 1991. The boat was later bought by a German entrepreneur. After being transferred to Germany, it was overhauled outboard in the Stralsund shipyard and given a new coat of paint in the original color. Since then, the Otus can be viewed as the “ U-Boat Adventure World” in the Sassnitz city ​​harbor.

The HMS Otus in the port of Sassnitz

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Commons : HMS Otus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Submarine adventure world

Coordinates: 54 ° 30 ′ 43 ″  N , 13 ° 38 ′ 31 ″  E