Two submarines of the
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of ...
(RAN) have been named HMAS ''Oxley'', for the explorer
John Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828)
was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his two exp ...
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HMAS ''Oxley'', an ''Odin''-class submarine launched in 1926 and transferred to the Royal Navy in 1931.
* , an ''Oberon''-class submarine launched in 1965, decommissioned in 1992, and broken up for scrap.
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Royal Australian Navy ship names