Builders Vickers In commission 1929–1958 Retired 3 | Operators Chilean Navy Completed 3 | |
Displacement Surfaced - 1540 tons
Submerged - 2020 tons | ||
The Capitan O'Brien class were three submarines built for the Chilean Navy in the late 1920s. They were similar to the contemporary British Odin class submarines, but mounted a larger 4.7 inch deck gun and were slightly smaller.
Ships
All boats were built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness and commissioned in 1929
The two Oberon class submarines purchased by Chile in the 1970s were also known locally as the O'Brien class.
References
Capitan O'Brien-class submarine (1928) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA