| 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 |
The traditional British sailor was not defined by his looks, he was defined by his attitude, his name was Jack Tar, he was a happy-go-lucky sort of bloke. He took the good times with the bad. He didn't cry victimisation, bastardisation, discrimination, for his mum for his often self destructive actions. He loved to laugh at anything or anybody rank, race, gender, creed or behaviour, it didn't matter to Jack, he would take the micky out of anyone, including himself, and if someone took it out of him he didn't get offended, it was a natural part of life.
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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 |
The traditional British sailor was not defined by his looks, he was defined by his attitude, his name was Jack Tar, he was a happy-go-lucky sort of bloke. He took the good times with the bad. He didn't cry victimisation, bastardisation, discrimination, for his mum for his often self destructive actions. He loved to laugh at anything or anybody rank, race, gender, creed or behaviour, it didn't matter to Jack, he would take the micky out of anyone, including himself, and if someone took it out of him he didn't get offended, it was a natural part of life.
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