| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | G |
| Fate: | She was paid off for sale on 30 October 1918 and sold for scrapping to Pounds, of Portsmouth in July 1922, but was reported to have been resold to Hayes, of Porthcawl in 1923. |
11th Flotilla. Blyth.
Roll of Honour |
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| Van der Byl, Charles Philip |
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| Lieutenant | ||||||
| Died when he was accidentally lost overboard | ||||||
| 01-10-1914 | Laid Down |
| 14-08-1915 | Launched |
| Length overall | 187 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 7 inch |
| Displacement | 703 tons (surface) |
| 837 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 to 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2600 miles at 12.5 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1650 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 95 miles at 3 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 28 ratings |
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Our surprise attack has been successful). The exultant signal sent by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo told a surprised world that Japan had carried out a devastating attack on Pearl Harbour bringing America into the war, an act which finally sealed the fate of the Axis powers.
Television drama starring David Jason. 40 years after a British submarine goes missing at the end of the war, it re-appears, and the British government send the remaining crew member (Jason) with a new crew to trace the sub's last happenings. But the new crew start showing characteristics of the old crew.
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| Length overall | 187 ft 1 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 4 inch |
| Depth | 16 ft 7 inch |
| Displacement | 703 tons (surface) |
| 837 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | Surface 15.5 knots (design) |
| Surface 14 knots (service) | |
| Submerged 9.5 to 10 knots (design) | |
| Submerged 9 knots (service) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Propeller | 3 blades, 5 ft 8 inch diameter |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 18 inch beam tubes | |
| 1 21 inch stern tube | |
| (10 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 2-pounder gun | |
| Endurance | Surface: 2600 miles at 12.5 knots (design) |
| Surface: 1650 miles at full power (service) | |
| Submerged: 99 miles at 3 knots (design) | |
| Submerged: 95 miles at 3 knots (service) | |
| Complement | 3 Officers and 28 ratings |
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Our surprise attack has been successful). The exultant signal sent by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo told a surprised world that Japan had carried out a devastating attack on Pearl Harbour bringing America into the war, an act which finally sealed the fate of the Axis powers.
Television drama starring David Jason. 40 years after a British submarine goes missing at the end of the war, it re-appears, and the British government send the remaining crew member (Jason) with a new crew to trace the sub's last happenings. But the new crew start showing characteristics of the old crew.
20 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
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