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Former Navy submarine on Ebay

It is not everyday you can bid for a 2,000 tonne submarine on Ebay. But that is what it's come down to. HMAS Otama, the last Oberon submarine built for the Australian Navy, has been sitting rusting in Westernport Bay for six years. There were celebrations in 2002 when a small group of volunteers won the sought-after tender with the help of a $500,000 government grant. Now the money has run out and the foreshore they now want to put it on is environmentally protected.

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