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H.M.S. Oberon (1926)
Builder:	Chatham Royal Dockyard
Laid down:	1924
Launched:	24 Sep, 1926
Commissioned:	25 Sep, 1926^[1]
Broken up:	1945

H.M.S. Oberon was a prototype overseas submarine laid down in 1924 and completed in 1927 for evaluation as part of the post-war Royal Navy. A faster refinement resulted in the six-boat Odin class.

Service

On 13 November 1925, Guy D'Oyly-Hughes was appointed to the O 1 while she was building.^[2]

She was commissioned 4 August, 1927 for service with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.^[3] By early 1933, she was with the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.^[4] By October 1935, she was back with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla,^[5] remaining there until at least mid-1937.^[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, 13 November, 1925^[7]
Lieutenant-Commander Charles R. Thompson, January, 1929^[8]
Lieutenant-Commander Frank L. Merriman, 15 May, 1930^[9]
Lieutenant-Commander (I, Sw.) David E. G. Wemyss, 25 February, 1934^[10]
Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Hackforth-Jones, 16 April, 1935^[11]
Lieutenant-Commander Eric P. A. Brooks, 21 January, 1937^[12]
Lieutenant-Commander Henry C. Cumberbatch, 2 August, 1939^[13] – 20 November, 1939^[14]
Lieutenant-Commander James A. S. Wise, 20 November, 1939^[15] – 16 April, 1940^[16]
Lieutenant in Command Peter R. Ward, 16 April, 1940^[17] – 8 May, 1940^[18]
Lieutenant in Command Cecil B. Crouch, 8 May, 1940^[19] – 19 August, 1940^[20]
Lieutenant-Commander Edward F. Pizey, 19 August, 1940^[21] – 27 January, 1941^[22]
Lieutenant in Command Peter R. H. Harrison, 27 January, 1941^[23] – 2 February, 1941^[24]
Lieutenant-Commander Edward F. Pizey, 2 February, 1941^[25] – 22 September, 1941^[26]
Lieutenant in Command Michael B. St. John, 22 September, 1941^[27] – 3 November, 1941^[28]
Lieutenant-Commander George D. A. Gregory, 3 November, 1941^[29] – 17 November, 1941^[30]
Lieutenant-Commander Robert E. Boddington, 17 November, 1941^[31] – 22 November, 1941^[32]
Lieutenant-Commander Peter J. H. Bartlett, 22 November, 1941^[33] – 28 December, 1941^[34]
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh P. de C. Steel, 28 December, 1941^[35] – 1 January, 1942^[36]
Lieutenant in Command Norman J. Coe, 1 January, 1942^[37] – 6 January, 1942^[38]
Lieutenant-Commander Peter J. H. Bartlett, 6 January, 1942^[39] – March, 1942^[40]
Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command James J. Dymoke-Bryne, March, 1942^[41] – 4 June, 1942^[42]
Lieutenant in Command Stephen J. Fovargue, 4 June, 1942^[43] – 8 September, 1942^[44]
Lieutenant-Commander John W. McCoy, 8 September, 1942^[45] – 22 July, 1943^[46]
Lieutenant-Commander John B. de B. Kershaw, 20 July, 1943^[47] – 24 March, 1944^[48]
Lieutenant in Command Michael L. C. Crawford, 24 March, 1944^[49] – 5 July, 1944^[50]

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Guns

Footnotes

↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 257.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 256.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 256.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 257.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 257.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 256.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 256.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
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Bibliography

Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).

Submarine H.M.S. Oberon

[1] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 257.

[2] The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 256.

[3] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 256.

[4] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 257.

[5] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.

[6] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 257.

[8] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 256.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 256.

[10] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.

[11] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 257.

[12] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.

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