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Our People
Men and Women of "The Trade"
The Australians that have served in submarines,
from the first that served in submarines of the Royal Navy during W.W.I and W.W.II
to those that are serving today, are members of a unique community, a special breed.
That special bond developed by submarines is hard to break and this section is in
honour of those that served "The Trade".
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Our Boats
The Pioneers
Australia has had long history of operating submarines. They are
all now part of
the legend that makes up the history and culture of the Australian Submarine Force.
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Our Boats
The Oberon Era
The Royal Australian Navy operated six Oberon class submarines
from the 27th March 1967, with the commissioning of HMAS OXLEY, until the 15th December
2000 when HMAS OTAMA payed off.
The boats were all built in Scotland by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering
Co. Ltd. at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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Our Boats
THE COLLINS CLASS
The Royal Australian Navy has six Collins class submarines.
The class is home ported in Western Australia
The boats were all built in South Australia by the Australian Submarine Corporation |
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Our Homes
HMAS Platypus
HMAS PLATYPUS was designed and built to provide base support for the six
'0' Class submarines of the Royal Australian Navy. The base was built on ground which
was formerly part of the Royal Australian Naval Torpedo Establishment in Neutral
Bay, Sydney.
Unfortunately "Plats" has gone, and so has the relationships and
sense of being that your own home provides. The submarines now operate from HMAS
Stirling in Western Australia with the skimmers.
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Our Homes
OSBORNE HOUSE
The first submarine base in Australia surprisingly was not in Sydney but
at Corio now a suburb of North Geelong, Victoria from 1920-1922. So why was the first
base so far removed from the then main fleet at Sydney?
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Our Pride
The Australian Dolphins
The story behind the Australian Submariner's Dolphins, the symbol that
identifies our submariners and are worn with pride.
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Our Flag
The Australian White Ensign
The formal announcement of a new ensign for the RAN was made by
the Prime Minister on 23 December 1966. Originally it was intended to
introduce the new ensign on the 1 May 1967 but this was subsequently
amended to 1 March 1967 |
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The Association
The Submarines
Association
Australia
The Sydney Chapter of the Submarine Old Comrades Association
was the first chapter to be formed with the assistance of the SOCA London Branch,
the oldest submarine association in the world, making the Submarines Association
the second oldest association. The other Chapters of SOCA in both United Kingdom
and overseas, plus other international associations were not founded until after
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Our Mates,
the Poms
The Royal Navy Fourth SM Squadron (SM4)
Before the introduction of the Oberon class submarines into service with
the RAN SM4 provided the Australian and New Zealand navies submarines to support
anti submarine training. These submarines were based at HMAS Penguin in Sydney.
This is the story of the men and boats attached to SM4. |
