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F 1 (I A0)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: F
Fate: Scrapped in 1920.

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Commanders
1916: Lieutenant   Frederick Henry Taylor DSC
1916: Lieutenant   Frederick Henry Taylor DSC
1916: Lieutenant   Frederick Henry Taylor DSC

Events

 01-12-1913   Laid Down
 31-03-1915   Launched
 14-08-1915   Completed
F Specification
Displacement   359 tons (surface)
  533 tons (submerged)
Length  151 ft
Draught  10 ft 7 inch
Beam  16 ft 1 1/4 inch
Propulsion  2 shaft diesels, 2 electric motors, 900bhp/400shp
Speed  14.5 knotsot (surface)
  8.75 knots (submerged)
Endurance  3000 miles at 9 knots
Armament  2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes
  1 x 18 inch stern torpedo tube
  6 torpedoes
  1 x 2-pounder deck gun
Complement  2 Officers, 16 Ratings.
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