OS Elsegard

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OS Elsegard, 2003
History
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:
  • 3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light
  • 4,270 long tons (4,339 t) full
  • 292 long tons (297 t) dead
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:
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
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.