Allied Warships

HMS Otway (N 51)

Submarine of the O class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassO 
PennantN 51 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered19 May 1925 
Laid down24 Aug 1925 
Launched7 Sep 1926 
Commissioned9 Sep 1927 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 24 August 1945. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in September 1945.

 
Former nameOA 2

Commands listed for HMS Otway (N 51)

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CommanderFromTo
Hugh Bentley Turner, RN9 Sep 1944
1Cdr. Harold Robson Conway, RN2 Aug 19395 Mar 1940
2Lt.Cdr. Donald Emberton Mansfield, RN5 Mar 19401 Jul 1940
3Lt. Guy Claud Ian St Barbe Slade Watkins, RNJun 194012 Aug 1940
4Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, RN12 Aug 194017 Dec 1940
5Lt. Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton, RN17 Dec 194020 Feb 1941
6Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Robert Garstin Harvey, RN20 Feb 19416 Nov 1942
7Lt. Arthur Anthony Duff, RN6 Nov 1942???

8Lt. John Philip Holroyde Oakley, DSC, RN23 Mar 1943May 1943
9Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Robert Garstin Harvey, RNMay 1943

10Lt. Michael Beauchamp St. John, DSC, RN23 Mar 1944???

11Lt. Richard Gatehouse, DSC, RN9 Sep 194430 Jan 1945
12Lt. William Hedley Kett, DSC, RNR30 Jan 194524 May 1945
13Lt.Cdr. Robert Boyd, DSO, DSC, RN13 May 1945Jul 1945 ?

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