| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | O |
| Pennant | N 92 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 2 Dec 1926 |
| Laid down | 31 May 1927 |
| Launched | 31 Aug 1928 |
| Commissioned | 5 Jul 1929 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Used for A/S training from 1943 onwards. Sold in May 1946 and scuttled of South Africa. |
Commands listed for HMS Otus (N 92)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| John Philip Holroyde Oakley, RN | 3 Jun 1943 | |||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Christian Frederic Nicolay, RN | 14 Jun 1939 | 21 Apr 1941 | |
| 2 | Lt. John Frederick Beaufoy Brown, RN | 22 Apr 1941 | May 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt. Richard Molyneux Favell, RN | May 1941 | 24 Apr 1942 | |
| 4 | Lt. Robert Julian Clutterbuck, RN | 24 Apr 1942 | ??? | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Walter Neal Eade, RNR | 3 Jun 1943 | 3 Jul 1943 | |
| 6 | Lt. Hugo Rowland Barnwell Newton, DSC, RN | 3 Jul 1943 | 19 Jul 1943 | |
| 7 | Lt. Robert Henry Hugh Brunner, RN | 19 Jul 1943 | Sep 1943 | |
| 8 | Lt. Malcolm John Luxmoor Duff, DSC, RN | Sep 1943 | Jul 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Otus include:
14 Aug 1941
HMS Talisman (Lt.Cdr. M. Willmott, RN) attacks a submarine with torpedoes about 140 nautical miles north-west of Alexandria in position 32º41'N, 27º35'E. All torpedoes fired fortunately missed their target as the submarine attacked later turned out to be HMS Otus (Lt. R.M. Favell, RN). (see map)
3 Sep 1941
HMS Otus (Lt. R.M. Favell, RN) fires a torpedo at ' what is identified as ' an enemy armed merchant cruiser of 4000 tons in the central Mediterranean about 175 nautical miles east of Valetta, Malta in position 35º40'N, 18º07'E. The torpedo misses its target.
(see map)