OS Elsegard
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OS Elsegard, 2003
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History | |
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Odoni | |
Name: | OS Elsegard |
Ordered: | 1 July 1970 |
Laid down: | 26 June 1971 |
Launched: | 2 June 1973 |
Commissioned: | 1 September 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Hawkbill-class attack submarine |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 302 ft 3 in (92.13 m) |
Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
Draft: | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
Installed power: | 15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
Propulsion: | One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw |
Speed: |
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Test depth: | 1,300 feet (400 meters) |
Complement: | 126 (14 officers, 112 enlisted men) |
Armament: | 4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
The OS Elsegard is a Hawkbill-class nuclear-powered attack submarine serving in the Royal Odoni Navy. She was commissioned in 1975 and has served since, making her one of the oldest military submarines still in use globally alongside her sister vessel OS Strands.