Submarines

Association

Australia

HMAS OXLEY

Crest

"PATIENCE AND STRENGTH"
27 March 1967 - 13 February 1992

The first of the Royal Australian Navy's Oberon-class submarines, HMAS Oxley was laid down on July 2, 1964 at Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland and launched on Friday, September 24,1965 Oxley by Lady Downer, wife of Sir Alexander Downer, Australian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom.

Oxley (1) was the 37th submarine built by Scotts. HMAS Oxley was formally commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy at a ceremony at Greenock at 1100 on 27 March, 1967, in the presence of the Captain and Ship's Company. This ceremony marked the re-introduction of a submarine force into the RAN after an absence of 35 years.

Departing the United Kingdom on June 12,1967 and sailing via Bermuda, Panama and Hawaii, HMAS Oxley reached Brisbane on August 13, and Sydney on August 18, 1967.

On arrival at Sydney, she moored at HMAS Platypus, the new RAN submarine base which commissioned on the day of Oxley's arrival. During her 25 years of service she steamed over 400,000 nautical miles.

HMAS Oxley arriving at HMAS Platypus 18th August 1987
HMAS Oxley paid off at HMAS Stirling, Fleet Base West and was cut up for scrap. Her fin is preserved at the Submarine Training Centre at HMAS Stirling (Flying the Skull and Cross Bones) and other sections, including the bow are on display at the WA Maritime Museum at Fremantle.

After many years outside the HMAS Stirling submarine school the fin was destroyed and removed as it has become a health hazzard

Images of HMAS Oxley over the years

LCDR DH lorrimer
LEUT IDG McDougall	LEUT DG Bews	LEUT LJ Dennis
LEUT FVR Wolfe	LEUT RH Woolrych	LEUT RRH Fayle

CPOCOXNSM JA Redwood †	CPO AE Collins	CPO JE Knowles
CPO RJ Christie	CPO DW Meredith	CPO FA Moore
CPO JG O'Neill	CPO BH Ritchie	CPO TJO Savvas
CPO RI Spackman	CPO RG Steele	PO BW Coultas †
PO GR Dean	PO NL Henwood †	PO L Morris
PO PG Morris †	PO C Ryan	PO K Shaw
PO JR Head	PO A De Rooy	LS DL Beeston
LS WI Adgie	LS A Matherson	LS R McLeod
LS H Black †	LS PC Bownas	LS DK DeLosa
LS CE Gretton	LS CE Hayden	LS GF O'Keefe †
LS R Cameron	LS RC Ide	LS JW Kay †
AB KCG Thomas	AB JM O'Brien	AB M Barnes
AB AJ Barrett	AB T Bellette	ABUW M Bridge
AB K Broomfield	AB CM Carroll †	AB SR Christie †
AB K Fremantle	AB RH Godbolt	AB GB Cooper
AB KF Horn	AB JR Hughes †	AB C Judge
AB K Keating	AB C Lewis	AB WE Maisey
AB B McKeown	AB JL McMannim	ABROSM D Parsons
AB FG Reilly	AB PJ Roberts

DE-COMMISSIONING CREW
HMAS OXLEY-13 FEBRUARY 1992

LCDR NF Wallace
LEUT GRM Burton	LEUT J Coombes	LEUT AA Lindsay
LEUT RP Davies	LEUT MK Napier	LEUT IG Parker
LEUT DJ McRae	LEUT ID Salter	SBLT BM Sampson
SBLT A Eenink	MIDN J Tha

CPONPCSM SJ Luke	CPOETCSM P Green †	CPOMTPSM PJ Bullock
CPOMTPS MB Donnelly	CPORSSM MR Thomson	PONPCSM DA Hopkins
POETPSM K Amos	POUWSM P Hartridge	POMTPSM GP Atkinson
POETPSM JA Taaffe	POMTPS M PJ Donovan	POMTPSM G Northeast
POUCSM CP Hunt	LSMTPSM LJ Hinch	LSUCSM NP Carter
LSETSSM NA Dunn	LSETPSM IP McKenzie	LSUWSM KC Overing
LSSTDSM L Graham	LSMTHSM TK Peake	LSCKSM JJ Gilchrist †
LSMTPSM RJ Payne	LSMTPSM K Harris	LSETPSM T Reynierse
LSROSM AJ Smith	LSMTHSM JR McDonald	LSMTHSM AT Koutsoukis
LSPMTPSM PF Morrow	LSUCSM RJ West	LSETSSM PC Zecchin
LSUCSM G Webster	LSMTPSM J Hutchinson	LSETCSM TF Teale
LSMTHSM JW Howarth	ABUCSM M Austin	ABETCSM LN Bulivant
ABUCSM JA Burgess	ABMTHSM AT Beason	ABROSM GA Fairey
ABMTHSM AE Hyde	ABUWSM AJ Harris	ABUCSM MG Holzberger
ABUCSM WB King	ABUCSM JA Prentis	ABETSSM GF Taffe
ABMTPSM MJ Kerr	ABMTPSM S Pike	ABETPSM TA Spencer
ABMTPSM IT Miles	ABCKSM DW Thomas	ABETSM AB Vandepeer
ABUCSM M Vaughan	SMNMTPSM PK Spoor	SMNUCSM RK Pugh
SMNROSMN M Holl

COMMANDING OFFICERS - HMAS OXLEY