Engineering:Capitan O'Brien-class submarine (1928)
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Vickers |
| Operators: |
 Chilean Navy |
| In commission: | 1929–1958 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 260 ft (79 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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| Speed: |
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| Crew: | 54 |
| Armament: |
Eight 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern 14 torpedoes) 1 - 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 deck gun |
The Capitan O'Brien class were three submarines built for the Chilean Navy in the late 1920s. They were similar to the contemporary British Odin-class submarines, but mounted a larger 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 deck gun and were slightly smaller.
Ships
All boats were built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness and commissioned in 1929. The builder's photograph of the Simpson gives the dimensions as 272 feet 9 inches (83.1 m) overall × 27 feet 6 inches (8.4 m) × 16 feet 6 inches (5.0 m), surface speed 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced and 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged.[1]
| Ship | Launched | Decommissioned |
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| Almirante Simpson, named after Robert Winthrop Simpson | 15 January 1929 | 1957 |
| Capitan O'Brien | 2 October 1928 | 1957 |
| Capitan Thomson | 15 January 1929 | 1958 |
The two Oberon-class submarines purchased by Chile in the 1970s were also known locally as the O'Brien class.
References
- ↑ Vickers-Armstrongs Limited 1930, p. 18.
Cited works
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
- Vickers-Armstrongs Limited (1930). The Activities of Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, naval construction works, Barrow-in-Furness. London: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd..
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