HMS Otway (N 51)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	O
Pennant	N 51
Built by	Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down	24 Aug 1925
Launched	7 Sep 1926
Commissioned	9 Sep 1927
End service
Loss position

History	Sold to be broken up for scrap on 24 August 1945. Scrapped at Inverkeithing in September 1945. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Harold Robson Conway, RN 2 August 1939 - ??? Lt.Cdr. Donald Emberton Mansfield, RN 5 March 1940 - ??? Cdr. Harold Robson Conway, RN ??? - ??? Lt. Guy Claud Ian St Barbe Slade Watkins, RN July 1940 – 12 August 1940 Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, RN 12 August 1940 - ??? Lt. Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton, DSC, RN ??? - 20 February 1941 DSC awarded on 31 December 1941 Lt.Cdr. John Robert Garstin Harvey, RN (retired) 20 February 1941 – 6 November 1942 Lt. Arthur Anthony Duff, RN 6 November 1942 - ??? ??? Lt.Cdr. John Robert Garstin Harvey, RN (retired) May 1943 – Ca. November 1943 ??? Lt. Michael Beauchamp St.John, DSC, RN 23 March 1944 – ??? ??? Lt. Richard Gatehouse, DSC, RN 10 September 1944 – 30 January 1945 Lt. William Henry Kett, DSC, RN 30 January 1945 – 13 May 1945 Lt.Cdr. Robert Boyd, DSO, DSC, RN 13 May 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List HMS Otway is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List
Former name	OA 2

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Harold Robson Conway, RN	2 Aug 1939	???

2	Lt.Cdr. Donald Emberton Mansfield, RN	5 Mar 1940	???

3	Cdr. Harold Robson Conway, RN	???	???

4	Lt. Guy Claud Ian St Barbe Slade Watkins, RN	Jun 1940	12 Aug 1940
5	Lt. Edward Dudley Norman, RN	12 Aug 1940	???

6	Lt. Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton, DSC, RN	???	20 Feb 1941
7	Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Robert Garstin Harvey, RN	20 Feb 1941	6 Nov 1942
8	Lt. Arthur Anthony Duff, RN	6 Nov 1942	???

9	Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Robert Garstin Harvey, RN	May 1943

10	Lt. Michael Beauchamp St. John, DSC, RN	23 Mar 1944	???

11	Lt. Richard Gatehouse, DSC, RN	10 Sep 1944	30 Jan 1945
12	Lt. William Henry Kett, DSC, RNR	30 Jan 1945	13 May 1945
13	Lt.Cdr. Robert Boyd, DSC, DSO, RN	13 May 1945	Jul 1945 ?

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