One of our experienced volunteer tour guides leads a captivated tour group inside the submarine.

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Tour the submarine

Credit: WA Museum

The Oberon class Submarine HMAS Ovens is an authentic Cold War-era vessel situated on Fremantle's historic World War Two submarine slipway.

This exhibit serves as a living memorial to submariners and those who gave their lives while serving from Fremantle during World War Two.

Speak to our VSO staff and book your tour today.

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

Beside the Museum, the big submarine sits behind a fence with three historic loading cranes around it. — HMAS Ovens Submarine. Credit: WA Museum

Looking down the long steel side of the submarine, we can see one of the old Harbour loading towers, and the harbour opening to the sea. — HMAS Ovens Submarine. Credit: WA Museum

One of our experienced volunteer tour guides awaits a tour group from the submarine's walkway. — HMAS Ovens Submarine. Credit: WA Museum

One of our experienced volunteer tour guides with a tour group on the walkway above the submarine. — HMAS Ovens submarine tour. Credit: WA Museum

Submarine tour participants carefully use one of the metal ladders. — HMAS Ovens submarine tour. Credit: WA Museum

A boy in school uniform climbs through a narrow submarine hatch, a cheeky grin on his face. — An HMAS Ovens submarine tour is an exciting excursion for school groups. Credit: WA Museum

A long, neatly aligned row of pressure measurement dials mounted on one of the sub's huge engines. — HMAS Ovens submarine engine. Credit: WA Museum

An orange protective suit with full face shield hangs next to four torpedo tubes. — HMAS Ovens torpedo room. Credit: WA Museum

Two young tour participants happily greet one another from opposite ends of a narrow corridor. — HMAS Ovens submarine tour. Credit: WA Museum

Two submarine crew wearing hearing protection smile at the camera inside a cramped compartment. One has his arm around the other's shoulders. — Submarine crew. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Four bearded submarine crew gathered around a table playing cards. — Men at rest in a submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

On the top of a submarine in the water stand five submarine crew, four of them dressed in only shorts, surround meat cooking on a barbecue. — Relaxing with a barbecue. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Many submarine crew crowded in a control room. They are all wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts or casual t-shirts. In the centre is a large periscope with a crew member looking into the eyepiece. — Men working in submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Two submarine crew dressed for a hot environment either side of a periscope. One is looking into the eyepiece. — Men working in submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Two young men in blue shirts and white aprons cook at a submarine kitchen. One is wearing a cap with their vessel's insignia. — Preparing food aboard a submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Several submarine crew members crowd around a cramped cabin table smiling at the camera. — Men at rest in a submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Submarine crew gathered around a table looking at charts. One is holding a telephone and another is speaking into a radio. — Damage Control HQ in Wardroom. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Three bunks stacked vertically against the submarine wall, each with a crew member sleeping. Above the bunks on the ceiling, someone has jokingly mounted a yellow "No Swimming" warning sign with the open mouth of a crocodile. — Sleeping quarters on a submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A smiling crewmember in a t-shirt forces a tightly-wrapped bundle of garbage into a narrow metal chute. — Getting rid of garbage on a submarine. Submarine Association WA Branch

One crew is hunched over a large wall panel of dials while another sits tightly gripping the sub's steering wheel. — Men driving a submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A shirtless man is crouched underneath a very large and heavy torpedo as it is loaded into a tube. — Loading torpedoes. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A crewmember with two plates of food squeezes past another in a narrow corridor. — Meal time on the submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A grinning shirtless submarine crewmember sits in front of a panel of many dials. — Motor Room Watchkeepers. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A grainy black and white photo of two crew in overalls working in the tight corridor of the submarine. — On watch in the Aft ends of the submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A black and white photo of several sailors in clean white uniforms gathered on top of the sub. An Australian flag is raised. — On watch on the Bridge. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

On the top of the submarine, a sailor in a bathing suit smiles from a fabric shallow pool filled with water. Several other men sun themselves on the deck. — Sunning by the pool. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Around a table with many Tooheys Draught beer cans, game cards and a large colourful board game board sit crew members planning their next move in the game. — Playing RISK in the Afterends. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

An officer in a dark Navy jacket and tie looks over a crew member working on a nautical chart. — Plotting the course on the surface. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A young man looks up at the camera from the bottom of a room that is no larger than a wardrobe. — Storing the Coxswains store. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Many crew are gathered in bathing wear on top of the submarine. Some are swimming in the water. — Swimming over the side. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A grinning crewmember holding a small bird cage containing a budgerigar sitting on a perch. — Trevor the budgie. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A grinning crewmember takes the submarine's steering wheel. — Driving a submarine. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

Crewmembers in clean white uniforms lounge around a mess table. One taps a cigarette on an ashtray. — Wardroom Mess Officers relaxing. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

A crew member in white peers through a periscope. — A submarine's control room. Credit: Submarine Association WA Branch

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