HMS Otway
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HMS Otway (originally HMAS Otway) was an of the Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...

 (RAN) and Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 (RN).

Otway was laid down by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...

in England in March 1925. She was launched on 7 September 1926, and commissioned into the RAN on 15 June 1927.

Otway was paid off into Reserve on 10 May 1930, before the submarine was transferred to the RN on 9 April 1931 and commissioned as HMS Otway on 10 April 1931.

Otway was scrapped in 1945.
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