Historical information
HMAS Orion (S 71) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of six submarines ordered by the RAN during the 1960s, Orion, named after the constellation in a break from ship-naming tradition, was built in Scotland and commissioned in 1977.
Orion was decommissioned in 1996, marked for disposal in 2003, and broken up for scrap in 2006. Several sections of the submarine remain intact as memorials and museum pieces
Physical description
Wooden Plaque 15cm x 13cm with insignia of H.M.A.S. Orian
Inscriptions & markings
H.M.A.S. Orian
