OS Strands

OS Strands, 1998
History
Odoni
Name:	OS Strands
Namesake:	Orwen Strands (1905–1970), captain in the Royal Odoni Navy in the World War
Ordered:	1 July 1970
Laid down:	26 June 1971
Launched:	2 June 1973
Commissioned:	1 February 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 Strands is a Hawkbill-class nuclear-powered attack submarine serving in the Royal Odoni Navy. She is the lead vessel in her class. Strands, named after World War naval captain Orwen Strands, was commissioned in 1975 and has served since, making her one of the oldest military submarines still in use globally.