| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | C1 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in August 1921. |
| 1916: | Lieutenant | Kenneth Michell |
1914: 7th Flotilla Chatham, HMS Vulcan and Alecto
| Length overall | 143 ft |
| Beam | 13 ft |
| Displacement | Surface 290 tons |
| Draught | 11.5 ft |
| Submerged 320 tons | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 13 knots (design) |
| Surface 13+ knots (service) | |
| Submerged 7.5+ knots (design) | |
| Submerged 8 knots (service) | |
| Machinery | 600 hp petrol engine |
| 200 hp electric motor | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Fuel | 15.5 tons (Petrol) |
| Surface: 910 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots | |
| Complement | 2 x officers, 14 x ratings |
| Class: | Future: Dreadnought Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSBN3 |
Drawn from personal memoirs, official reports, logbooks and private journals, John Winton skilfully weaves together compelling stories of survival and heroism in times of the most intense danger with welcome lighter moments, anecdotes about daily life and domestic arrangements aboard.
The Submariners is an authoritative anthology of enterprise, endurance and valour expertly compiled by an author who himself served seven years in the Submarine Service.
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| Length overall | 143 ft |
| Beam | 13 ft |
| Displacement | Surface 290 tons |
| Draught | 11.5 ft |
| Submerged 320 tons | |
| Diving Depth | 100 ft |
| Speed | Surface 13 knots (design) |
| Surface 13+ knots (service) | |
| Submerged 7.5+ knots (design) | |
| Submerged 8 knots (service) | |
| Machinery | 600 hp petrol engine |
| 200 hp electric motor | |
| No. of shafts | 1 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes carried) |
| Endurance | Surface: 1300 miles at 9 knots (design) |
| Fuel | 15.5 tons (Petrol) |
| Surface: 910 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots | |
| Complement | 2 x officers, 14 x ratings |
| Class: | Future: Dreadnought Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSBN3 |
Drawn from personal memoirs, official reports, logbooks and private journals, John Winton skilfully weaves together compelling stories of survival and heroism in times of the most intense danger with welcome lighter moments, anecdotes about daily life and domestic arrangements aboard.
The Submariners is an authoritative anthology of enterprise, endurance and valour expertly compiled by an author who himself served seven years in the Submarine Service.
13 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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