HMS Oswald (N58)
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| Name: | HMS Oswald |
| Ordered: | 2 December 1926 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 30 May 1927 |
| Launched: | 19 June 1928 |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1929 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: N58 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 1 August 1940 |
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| Class & type: | Odin-class submarine |
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| Length: | 283 ft 6 in (86.4 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft 1 in (4.9 m) |
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| Test depth: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Complement: | 53–55 officers and ratings |
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HMS Oswald was an Odin-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the 1920s.
Construction and career
She was laid down by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness on 30 May 1927, launched on 19 June 1928 and commissioned on 1 May 1929.[1]
Loss
Oswald left Alexandria, Egypt, for a patrol east of Sicily on 19 July 1940. On 30 July, she spotted a convoy of several merchant ships. Her attack on the convoy was not successful and she was spotted by the convoy's escorting destroyers. Subsequently on 1 August Oswald was rammed and sunk by the Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi while on patrol south of Calabria.[2] 52 crewmen were rescued by Italian warships and 3 were lost.[3]
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