| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | O |
| Pennant | N 21 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.): |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 22 Mar 1924 |
| Launched | 24 Sep 1926 |
| Commissioned | 24 Aug 1927 |
| End service | 5 Jul 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | On 2 August 1939 HMS Oberon was recommissioned after she had been in reserve from 1937. She was mainly used for training. Decommissiond at Blyth on 5 July 1944. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 24 August 1945. Scrapped at Dunston. Commanding Officers: ??? Lt. Peter Ronald Ward, RN Lt. Cecil Bernard Crouch, RN Lt.Cdr. Edward Fowle Pizey, RN Lt. Robert Evelyn Boddington, RN Lt.Cdr. Peter Joseph Howell Bartlett, RN ??? Lt. Stephen John Fovargue, RN Lt.Cdr. John Wentworth McCoy, DSC, RN Lt.Cdr. John Bertram de Betham Kershaw, DSO, RN Lt. Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford, DSC and Bar, RN HMS Oberon is not listed in the July 1944 Navy List |
| Former name | O 1 |
Commands listed for HMS Oberon (N 21)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, RN | 2 Aug 1939 | 20 Nov 1939 | |
| 2 | Lt. Peter Ronald Ward, RN | 16 Apr 1940 | 8 May 1940 | |
| 3 | Lt. Cecil Bernard Crouch, RN | 8 May 1940 | 19 Aug 1940 | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Fowle Pizey, DSC, RN | 19 Aug 1940 | 11 Jul 1941 | |
| 5 | Lt. Robert Evelyn Boddington, RN | 11 Jul 1941 | 22 Nov 1941 | |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Peter Joseph Howell Bartlett, RN | 22 Nov 1941 | ??? | |
| 7 | Lt. Stephen John Fovargue, RN | 4 Jun 1942 | 8 Sep 1942 | |
| 8 | Lt.Cdr. John Wentworth McCoy, DSC, RN | 8 Sep 1942 | 19 Jul 1943 | |
| 9 | Lt.Cdr. John Bertram de Betham Kershaw, DSO, RN | 19 Jul 1943 | ??? | |
| 10 | Lt. Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford, DSC, RN | 24 Mar 1944 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Oberon include:
11 Oct 1935
Damaged in collision with the destroyer HMS Thanet at Devonport.