| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | A1 |
| Fate: | Foundered in Bomb Ketch Lake Portsmouth in January 1920. Sold 22/10/1925 to H J Pounds of Portsmouth |
HMS Mercury, Portsmouth.
1914-15: Harbour service, Portsmouth
1918: Training duty
| 06-11-1902 | Laid Down |
| 15-04-1903 | Launched |
| 21-06-1904 | Completed |
| 22-10-1925 | Sold to H J Pounds of Portsmouth |
| Length overall | 105 ft 1/2 inch |
| Beam | 12 ft 8 3/4 inch |
| Depth | 10 ft |
| Displacement | 190 tons (surface) |
| 205.5 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 11.5 knots (design) 11+ knots (service) |
| Submerged 7 knots (design) 6 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 4 ft 4 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 600 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 325 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 20 miles at 6 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 11 |
Robert Aitken was the diver aboard X7 during Operation Source against the German Battleship Tirptiz. This is his story.
Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy
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| Length overall | 105 ft 1/2 inch |
| Beam | 12 ft 8 3/4 inch |
| Depth | 10 ft |
| Displacement | 190 tons (surface) |
| 205.5 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 11.5 knots (design) 11+ knots (service) |
| Submerged 7 knots (design) 6 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 4 ft 4 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 600 miles at full power (design) |
| Surface: 325 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 20 miles at 6 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 11 |
Robert Aitken was the diver aboard X7 during Operation Source against the German Battleship Tirptiz. This is his story.
Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy
14 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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