Historical information

The Onslow was decommissioned in 1999. She was one of 5 other Oberon's and gave the Royal Australian Navy a formidable submarine force. The motto of the submarine arm is
" Strength, silence, surprise". She was laid down in 1967 , launched 1968 and commissioned 1969.
She had a length of 89.9M a beam of 8.07M she had speed of 15 knots above water and 12 knots submerged. She had compliment of 60 sailors and 8 officers.
Her armament consisted of six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes capable of launching anti-ship and anti-submarine Mk48 torpedoes and anti-ship UGM 84 Harpoon missiles.
The Onslow was built in Scotland.

Physical description

Wooden framed photograph of the Oberon Class submarine.

Inscriptions & markings

Below the photograph the wording "The Oberon class submarine HMAS ONSLOW one of the six boats of the Australian Submarine Squadron".