| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | E3 |
| Fate: | Sold 6th September 1922. |
| 1916: | Lieutenant Commander | John Graham Bower | |
| 1917: | Lieutenant | Charles Henry Allen | |
| 1919: | Lieutenant | H L Agnew | |
| 1919: | Lieutenant | D W Granet |
| Length overall | 181 ft |
| Beam | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 667 tons (surface) |
| 807 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 x 18 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 3000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers, 28 Ratings. |
Hazard 1901 - 1918 |
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| Class: | Depot Ships |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Hazard |
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Fate: On 28 January 1918 she collided with the hospital ship SS Western Australia in the English Channel and sank. The wreck sits upside down in two parts and various parts are missing having been salvaged. The wreck's location in a busy shipping channel makes it an unpopular target for divers. |
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Norwegian investigative journalist Alf Jacobsen relates one of the most incredible tales of the Second World War, in which Royal Navy X-craft midget submarines attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.
A daring plan was hatched by the Admiralty to sink Tirpitz using midget submarines to plant high explosive mines beneath the ship's keel.
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| Length overall | 181 ft |
| Beam | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 667 tons (surface) |
| 807 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.25 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 7 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 x 18 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 3000 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1500 miles on full power or 3000 miles at 10 knots (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 10 miles at 9 knots or 65 miles at 5 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers, 28 Ratings. |
Hazard 1901 - 1918 |
|
| Class: | Depot Ships |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Hazard |
|
Fate: On 28 January 1918 she collided with the hospital ship SS Western Australia in the English Channel and sank. The wreck sits upside down in two parts and various parts are missing having been salvaged. The wreck's location in a busy shipping channel makes it an unpopular target for divers. |
|
Norwegian investigative journalist Alf Jacobsen relates one of the most incredible tales of the Second World War, in which Royal Navy X-craft midget submarines attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.
A daring plan was hatched by the Admiralty to sink Tirpitz using midget submarines to plant high explosive mines beneath the ship's keel.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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