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	HMAS Otway - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The first HMAS Otway was an O class submarine laid down by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness in England in March 1925, launched on 7 September 1926 and commissioned on 15 June 1927.
		HMAS Otway paid off into Reserve on 10 May 1930, paid off for transfer to the Royal Navy on 9 April 1931 and commissioned as HMS Otway on 10 April 1931.
		The second HMAS Otway (S-59) was an Oberon class submarine laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 29 June 1965, launched on 29 November 1966 and commissioned on 23 April 1968.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/HMAS_Otway (255 words)

	HMAS Oxley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first HMAS Oxley was an O class submarine built by Vickers Armstrong Limited at Barrow-in-Furness in England, launched on 29 June 1926 and commissioned on 1 April 1927.
		HMAS Oxley paid off on 9 April 1931 and transferred to the Royal Navy on 10 April 1931.
		HM Submarines Oxley and Triton were patrolling off Norway on 10th September 1939 and had been in regular contact when Triton spotted an unidentified submarine off the coast of Norway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Oxley (219 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - HMA Submarines
		Above HMA Submarine J2 In 1923 there was vigorous debate on the subject of whether Britain should build replacement submarines for the "J" Class or build them in Australia.
		The first of this new breed was HMAS Oxley, commissioned in March 1967, followed by her sisters HMAS Otway, HMAS Ovens and HMAS Onslow.
		HMAS Oxley's arrival in Sydney coincided with the commissioning of the submarine base HMAS Platypus established at Neutral bay, Sydney.
	www.gunplot.net /submarines/submarines2.html (603 words)

	Penrith City Council - Local Suburb Profiles - Oxley Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Oxley Park is within the greater regional locality of St Marys.
		Oxley Park is one of the older established suburbs with older homes on large blocks of land.
		Oxley left the Navy in 1811 and returned to Sydney where he was appointed Surveyor-General of Lands in 1812 and subsequently led explorations into the interior of New South Wales subsequently suggesting the existence of a vast inland sea.
	www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au /index.asp?id=434 (1851 words)

	The Royal Australian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		She was in company with HMAS Parramatta and was sighted at around 1530 apparently returning to harbour but was never seen again.
		Oxley and Otway were commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in June 1927.
		Oxley's arrival in Sydney coincided with the commissioning of the submarine base HMAS Platypus established at Neutral bay, Sydney.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /rnsubmarines/ops/ran.html (864 words)

	HMAS OXLEY - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		HMAS OXLEY was commissioned on 1 April 1927 under the command of Commander Hugh R. Marrack DSC RN.
		OXLEY departed Portsmouth, in company with her sister ship HMAS OTWAY, on 8 February 1928 and proceeded to Malta where both submarines were based until November 1928.
		With the outbreak of World War II, OXLEY was assigned to patrol duty off the coast of Norway, where, unfortunately, she was torpedoed and sunk on 10 September 1939 by another British submarine, HMS TRITON, who had mistaken her for an enemy vessel.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/oxley1.html (207 words)

	NAVY News :: Features
		I am pleased to report that HMAS Stirling, an important part of Systems Command along with her lodger units from other Defence groups, is maintaining that focus extremely well,” CDRE Crane said.
		HMAS Stirling’s Commissioning Order was read by the then Naval Officer Commanding Western Australia, CDRE Neil Boase in the presence of the Minister for Defence, Mr Jim Killen, Secretary of the Department of Defence, Sir Arthur Tange, and CNS, VADM Anthony Synnot.
		HMAS Stirling is also a popular haven for international navies with ships and submarines from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Malaysia and the nations which received Pacific Patrol Boats.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/EDITIONS/4614/FEATURE/feature02.htm (969 words)

	HMAS ORION (Mar 1992 - Dec 1993) pictures from military photos on webshots
		hmas orion me in japan on my 30th with glenn and gary 1...
		hmas orion japan upside down petrol bowsers 1992
		hmas orion paul green tokyo disneyland scene 1 1992
	news.webshots.com /album/29429914JJweQSkxxS (351 words)

	Navy; a Category index
		It was whilst escorting a convoy that the light cruiser HMAS SYDNEY was detached to investigate the sighting of a strange warship.
		HMAS AE2 became the first allied warship to penetrate the Dardanelles, but was eventually sunk by the Turkish navy in the Sea of Mamora.
		HMAS MORESBY was acquired on loan from the Royal Navy in 1925 for surveying duties.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/0-navy-cat-index.htm (1422 words)

	NAVY News :: Top Stories
		Along with a generous donation of $100,000 by the widow of CMDR Norman Holbrook, Otway was brought to Holbrook by local fundraising.
		In the city of Hastings near HMAS Cerberus in Victoria, plans have been put into motion to develop a Naval Memorial park, in which HMAS Otama will be the centrepiece.
		Her bow was preserved and is on display at the WA Maritime Museum and her fin stands as an inspiration to future submariners out the front of the Submarine Training Systems Centre at HMAS Stirling in WA.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/editions/4720/topstories/story21.htm (631 words)

	Western Australian Museum - Otway oxley
		The order for the O class submarines Oxley and Otway was placed in March 1925, under the premise that it was more cost efficient to have two new submarines instead of six obsolete.
		Although, when HMAS Oxley left Malta she was under the command of Lt.Cdr.F.L. Getting, thus becoming the first 'Australian' submarine commander.
		One of the highlights of their arrival was leave for the crew, some of which had been overseas for four years.
	www.museum.wa.gov.au /collections/maritime/submarine/otwayoxley.asp (329 words)

	Royal Australian Navy in World War II - Harbour Vessels
		She is said to have been used to restore lighthouses around the Phillipine coast after its liberation in 1945.
		Since HMAS Cape Leeuwin was also the name of an Australian shore establishment at the same time, the reference may not be accurate, or may refer to a merchant ship by that name.
		Falie was built in Holland in 1919 and sold to the Spencer Gulf Trading Company, John Oxley had been pilot vessel since her purchase in 1927.
	users.chariot.net.au /~lenshome/harbours.htm (1615 words)

	Navy sailor charged with manslaughter \| \| The Australian
		The junior sailor from the HMAS Melville was arrested in the capital Noumea in the early hours of Saturday morning and appeared before a local magistrate late yesterday.
		The HMAS Melville's Commanding Officer will visit the sailor within the next two days, while consulate staff will also provide him with support.
		HMAS Melville is en route to a site off Fiji to search for the wreckage of the Australian Black Hawk helicopter which crashed into the sea on November 29, killing two people.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20906555-29277,00.html (222 words)

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		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.
		HMAS Onslow, named after the Western Australian town, clocked up more than 358,000 nautical miles and took part in many international naval exercises, represented Australia on goodwill visits around the world and with her five sister submarines, Ovens, Orion, Otama, Oxley and Otway, provided the Royal Australian Navy with a formidable submarine force.
		A virtual tour of HMAS Onslow is available at the Royal Australian Navy's virtual fleet site.
	www.anmm.gov.au /site/page.cfm?u=163 (340 words)

	Western Australian Museum - 1926 O Class
		At the outbreak of war they were dispatched to serve in the Mediterranean for which they were wholly unsuited for.
		HMAS Oxley and Otway were originally built for the Australian Navy but because of economic cut backs they were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1931.
		She was sunk by HMs/m Triton on the 10th Sept 1939 when Oxley strayed out of her billet [ Allocated patrol area ] and failed to identify herself off the Norwegian coast.
	www.museum.wa.gov.au /collections/maritime/submarine/1926oclass.asp (293 words)

	ARCHIVE - SAINT MARY'S
		This new subdivision was to become known as Oxley Park.
		HMAS Australia was the flagship of the first Australian fleet that came to Sydney in 1913 with HMAS Sydney.
		John Oxley arrived in Australia as a member of the Royal Navy.
	www.uts.edu.au /div/iim/AustraliaSt/ARCHIVE/STM09.shtml (1104 words)

	Global Defence Solutions - Sandy Freeleagus
		After a course in mines, minesweeping, torpedoes and anti-submarine weapons, I joined HMAS VAMPIRE when she was Captain "D" 10th Destroyer Flotilla.
		I took HMAS OTWAY on a 6 month Far East and Hawaii deployment as the electrical Chief of the Branch.
		I was promoted to Warrant Officer in 1979 and was drafted to HMAS HARMAN (Navy Office) to the Directorate of S/M Maintenance and Repair where I was the Security Officer and the Special Projects Officer.
	www.globaldefence.com /Freeleagus.html (457 words)

	WA Reunion
		More information on HMAS Stirling and other details we will be promulgated later.
		For those interested, we can organize a day trip (once again, subject to numbers), to the Swan Valley and taste the fruits of the vine as well as partake in lunch at one of twenty five (25) wineries in the valley.
		Your trip to Perth would not be complete without a trip to Fremantle to visit the WA Maritime Museum, home of HMAS OXLEY (Oberon Class submarine) and the America’s Cup winner Australia II.
	www.ranwriters.com /wa_reunion.html (532 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: HMAS Vampire, HMAS Onslow & other historic ships
		HMAS Vampire is a Daring class destroyer built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney.
		Oxley class submarine HMAS Onslow was built at Scotts Shipbuilding, Greenock, Scotland.
		She was laid down in May 1967, launched in August 1968 and completed in December 1968.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/15513 (187 words)

	Australian War Records Continued Dalton - Doulton - Daulton - Dolton
		Discharged 5 June 1946, Eng Lieut, HMAS Adelaide.
		Discharged 2 July 1946, ord teleg, HMAS John Oxley.
		Enlisted 3 Oct 1942, Wangaratta, Vic (resident Oxley, Vic).
	daltondata.0pi.com /aussiwar_records.htm (6049 words)

	98
		There I spent the whole of the winter of that year, and finally got drafted after 6 months down at Flinders.
		Then I went to Brisbane where I was allocated to HMAS Morton, which was the Brisbane depot.
		I was there for about a month, and I was then placed on HMAS John Oxley.
	www.localheroes.8m.com /98.htm (1156 words)

	HONOUR ROLL of Crew of AE1 - NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE - Sep 1914. HONOUR ROLL of Crew of AE2 lost in ...
		He served in HMAS PLATYPUS, HMAS CERBERUS and in HMAS PENGUIN until 5 Apr 1923.
		He returned to submarines in 1925 when he returned to England for further training for service in HMAS OXLEY at the Leading Torpedo Operator (LTO).
		Payer's Clerk EMBELTON, Norman John; HMAS CEREBUS; DIED of CONCUSSION and WOUNDS to head sustained by fall from horse Epping Road, Preston, Victoria 30 Mar 1915; Died in Melbourne Hospital, Victoria; Date of Birth - 1 Jun 1894, Lake Charm, Victoria; Father - Dr D.M. EMBELTON; "Eldner" Westgarth Street, Northcote, Victoria.
	www.angelfire.com /alt2/nominalrolls.html/ngef.1914.html (8551 words)

	1975
		The general cargo trade between the Eastern States and the Port of Fremantle was revived in 1979 by the Western Australian State Shipping Service, which operated the unit load ships "Beroona", "Wambiri" and the multiplex design ship "Kimberley" on this run.
		Navy week in WA was marked by visits from "HMAS Supply"; "HMAS Hobart"; "HMAS Vampire"; "HMAS Vendetta"; "HMAS Oxley"; and "HMNZS Taranaki".
		The ships visited Fremantle for the official opening of the new naval support facility at Garden Island.
	www.fremantleports.com.au /About/OurHistory/1975.asp (190 words)

	Murder in Balibo [E.Timor]: What Our Spies Knew
		However, several sources involved with the Timor crisis in 1975 believed the RAN had a destroyer or submarine near Timor to pick up VHF communications at such sensitive times.
		Indeed the Indonesians complained about the presence of the submarine HMAS Oxley near Timor a week later.
		DSD may also have had access in 1975 to the data from the Rhyolite spy satellites which US agencies were then beginning to employ over South-East Asia, and which were controlled from Pine Gap.
	www.etan.org /et2002a/february/10-16/14murdr.htm (2144 words)

	Industry Capability Network Western Australia - Creating opportunity for Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This continues the relationship between Fleet Base West and submarines that began in 1987 when the OBERON class submarine HMAS OXLEY was home-ported to WA, commencing the successful relocation of the RAN’s entire submarine fleet to the West.
		It is interesting to note that during the mid 1980s when Navy began to move some of its fleet to HMAS STIRLING, there was a sea change in the relationship between the Australian Defence Force and defence industry.
		By combining construction and support into a single contract, DMS and Austal will be responsible for the long-term sustainability and supportability of the boats over their estimated 15 year life.
	www.icnwa.org.au /news.asp (4269 words)

	Navy sailor charged with manslaughter \| The Daily Telegraph
		The junior sailor from the HMAS Melville was arrested in the capital Noumea early on Saturday and appeared before a local magistrate late yesterday.
		The sailor will be subject to the laws of the French legal system.
		Defence said Australian officials were co-operating with new Caledonian authorities over the charges, while the sailor's family was being offered support by navy and Defence Community Organisation personnel.
	www.news.com.au /dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20906555-5001028,00.html (311 words)

	Welcome to the New AusBG Newsletter Apr2000
		The Ship Yards also launched a mould and hull for the HMAS John Oxley (a requisitioned coastal freighter used as a anti submarine ship) going to Wagga Wagga for outfitting.
		Her vital statistics are length 360mm, beam 70mm, draft 35mm, weight to water line is 400 grams.
		The Midway Battle Flotilla has the HMAS John Oxley ready for battle to go with the SS Rusty Oak and shortly a Liberty operational as well.
	www.ausbg.org /news/NewsApr2000c.html (4115 words)

	Page 10 - Bush/Cheney have disgraced their office; they should resign
		In 1939 my Uncle Bill was serving on HMS Triton, a submarine patrolling the seas around Orbestrad, Norway.
		HMAS Oxley failed to respond to signals and signalling and was torpedoed with the loss of all lives.
		He himself was sunk with all hands in the Adriatic.
	www.cyclingforums.com /t-308283-15-10.html (3669 words)

	Marine & Civil - Latest Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For further information on this project contact Alan Sweet on 9336 4166.
		Marine and Civil Construction are currently working on the extension of Oxley Wharf, home of Australia’s Collins class submarines at Fleet Base West, Garden Island.
		The project involves the driving of 12 piles up to 50m in length, forming and casting of two concrete dolphin structures and connecting them back to the existing Oxley Wharf with two space truss walkways.
	www.marineandcivil.com /projects/default.htm (299 words)

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