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  1. 24th September 2005, 08:59 PM #1
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    Why but why did the Navy choose the name Oberon class for their submarines???
    I brought this up once before but everyone ignored it.
    Bit of an embarrasment really for Naval personnel :eek:
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    oberon must be navel speak
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  4. 24th September 2005, 09:04 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain
    Why but why did the Navy choose the name Oberon class for their submarines???
    I brought this up once before but everyone ignored it.
    Bit of an embarrasment really for Naval personnel :eek:
    G'day Iain,

    A quick web search shows that "Oberon [O-buh-ron] is a moon of Uranus" - so I would guess that means lumps in tha navy's collective a&se

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain
    Why but why did the Navy choose the name Oberon class for their submarines???
    I brought this up once before but everyone ignored it.
    Bit of an embarrasment really for Naval personnel :eek:
    Iain, let me help (as an ex RAAFie), - Oberon has two rather interesting meanings:

    1. King of the Fairies, and

    2. Something that hangs around Uranus:eek:.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Groggy
    Iain, let me help (as an ex RAAFie), - Oberon has two rather interesting meanings:

    1. King of the Fairies, and

    2. Something that hangs around Uranus:eek:.
    :eek: :eek: The mind boggles :eek: :eek:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain
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    Plenty of alternative material there

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    Bottom :eek:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain
    Why but why did the Navy choose the name Oberon class for their submarines???
    I brought this up once before but everyone ignored it.
    Bit of an embarrasment really for Naval personnel :eek:
    G'Day All,
    my guess is, it is something to do with the stars and constellations, as they where and still are used as a navigation aid!....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain
    Why but why did the Navy choose the name Oberon class for their submarines???
    I brought this up once before but everyone ignored it.
    Bit of an embarrasment really for Naval personnel :eek:
    Ask the Brits, seeing as it is their class of submarine. The name was used prior to that for HMS Oberon, a surface ship in WWII, then used again for a prototype ship in 1961. The Brits then built the Oberon class submarine, which Australia, Canada, Brazil and Chile also bought into.

    They were a kick-ass sub, and HMAS OVENS was the 2nd sub to ever launch a sub-surface Harpoon, which can be simply described as a ship-killer.
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    Groggy, option #1 was the one I was thinking of, but then, a fairy was probably some ficticious little being that hung around at the bottom of the garden.
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    Stuart is spot on the money. They where a very impressive unit.

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    On Submarines?
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    well i cant shed any light on this oberon stuff, but i know that the navy pride themselves on being the senior service. Us army types know why they are the senior service though. the government knew they had to start them first cos it was going to take them a lot longer to get their act together
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    Quote Originally Posted by echnidna
    oberon must be navel speak
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