Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/December 23
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![HMAS Ovens at Fremantle Maritime Museum.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/HMAS_Ovens%2C_Fremantle.jpg/150px-HMAS_Ovens%2C_Fremantle.jpg)
HMAS Ovens (S-70) was an Oberon class submarine laid down by Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 17 June 1966, launched on 4 December 1967 by the Viscountess Slim and commissioned on 18 April 1969. HMAS Ovens paid off on 1 December 1995 and is preserved at the Western Australian Maritime Museum at Fremantle.